Military
NORAD ID: 31598
Int'l Code: 2007-023A
Perigee: 628.7 km
Apogee: 630.5 km
Inclination: 97.9°
Period: 97.2 min
Semi major axis: 7,000.6 km
Launch date: June 8, 2007
Source: Italy (IT)
Comments: COSMO-SKYMED 1, which carries a radar imager, will be part of a constellation of four orbiting probes that will collect data on floods, droughts, earthquakes and landslides. It is the first to be launched, and a second was expected to lift off from Vandenberg later this year (2007). Italian space officials expect the fully functional system to beam back up to 1,800 images of the Earth a day.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 31598U 07023A 10040.08882682 .00000205 00000-0 32318-4 0 9892
2 31598 097.8628 229.7851 0001260 085.7855 274.3505 14.82168654144717
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