ENVISAT

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ENVISAT is classified as:

NORAD ID: 27386

Int'l Code: 2002-009A

Perigee: 769.5 km

Apogee: 771.2 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 100.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7141 km

RCS: 19.4975 m² (large)

Launch date: March 1, 2002
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

The Envisat (Environmental Satellite) satellite is an Earth-observing satellite built by the European Space Agency. It was launched on March 1, 2002 aboard an Ariane 5 into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at a height of 790 km (±10 km). It orbits the Earth in about 101 minutes with a repeat cycle of 35 days. Envisat carries an array of nine Earth-observation instruments that gather information about the earth (land, water, ice, and atmosphere) using a variety of measurement principles.

1 27386U 02009A   24139.88002448  .00000474  00000-0  16879-3 0  9999
2 27386  98.2804 101.9907 0001198  89.2557 324.8889 14.38572548164360

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC