Engineering
NORAD ID: 26958
Int'l Code: 2001-049B
Perigee: 546.6 km
Apogee: 654.0 km
Inclination: 97.4 °
Period: 96.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 6971 km
Launch date: October 22, 2001
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Comments: First a technology demonstration, then extended for one year for remote sensing; looks like a washing machine.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 26958U 01049B 13145.83103891 .00001266 00000-0 12491-3 0 773
2 26958 097.4480 162.0140 0077039 258.2847 100.9679 14.91532902630096
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for PROBA 1
