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NORAD ID: 28254
Int'l Code: 2004-018A
Perigee: 897.6 km
Apogee: 898.9 km
Inclination: 98.9 °
Period: 102.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 7269 km
Launch date: May 20, 2004
Source: Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Comments: Rocsat 2 is a Taiwanese (ROC) remote sensing satellite that was launched from Vandenberg AFB by a Taurus XL rocket at 17:47 UT on 19 May 2004. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called sprites.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28254U 04018A 13139.20858440 .00000106 00000-0 10000-3 0 781
2 28254 098.9136 201.6699 0000910 125.0525 325.1859 14.00774819460006
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ROCSAT 2
