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NORAD ID: 27386
Int'l Code: 2002-009A
Perigee: 772.7 km
Apogee: 774.4 km
Inclination: 98.4 °
Period: 100.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7144 km
Launch date: March 1, 2002
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 27386U 02009A 13145.76124572 .00000086 00000-0 43012-4 0 4112
2 27386 098.4294 214.5070 0001204 087.9286 272.2024 14.37611821587913
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ENVISAT
