Engineering
NORAD ID: 33313
Int'l Code: 2008-040B
Perigee: 623.7 km
Apogee: 649.6 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
Period: 97.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7007 km
Launch date: August 29, 2008
Source: Germany (GER)
Comments: The satellite, part of RapidEye constellation, weighing about 330 pounds [150 kilograms] at launch, will spend more than seven years circling the planet downloading more than 1.5 million square miles [390 million hectares] of imagery per day, according to RapidEye. The constellation will produce color imagery with a resolution of about 21 feet [6.5 meters], but RapidEye officials say the system will be differentiated by rapid response and timely products for the agriculture industry.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33313U 08040B 13141.48134802 .00000797 00000-0 11223-3 0 2612
2 33313 097.8990 230.2186 0018460 019.1063 341.0838 14.79938839255288
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for RAPIDEYE 5
