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NORAD ID: 27386
Int'l Code: 2002-009A
Perigee: 765.0 km
Apogee: 766.6 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 100.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7143 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 15063.63115070 .00000071 00000-0 37654-4 0 9992
2 27386 098.3481 127.1282 0001110 082.6545 277.4769 14.37791400681000
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ENVISAT
