DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210)

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DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 35951

Int'l Code: 2009-057A

Perigee: 845.3 km

Apogee: 859.7 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 101.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7223 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 18, 2009
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

DMSP 5D-3 F18 is used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air. Equipped with a sophisticated sensor suite that can image visible and infrared cloud cover and measure precipitation, surface temperature, and soil moisture, the satellite collects specialized global meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical information in all weather conditions.

1 35951U 09057A   24140.18374629  .00000725  00000-0  40395-3 0  9993
2 35951  98.8124 115.9269 0009940 247.5916 112.4204 14.14112450752265

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants