Military
NORAD ID: 31598
Int'l Code: 2007-023A
Perigee: 628.7 km
Apogee: 630.6 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
Period: 97.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7000 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 13141.17791975 .00000089 00000-0 17726-4 0 6153
2 31598 097.8736 326.8253 0001376 080.9470 279.1904 14.82158791322030
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SKYMED 1
