Engineering
NORAD ID: 33314
Int'l Code: 2008-040C
Perigee: 613.2 km
Apogee: 646.2 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 33314U 08040C 15059.53874064 .00000760 00000-0 10725-3 0 9994
2 33314 097.8720 148.0281 0023559 206.5281 153.4732 14.79885367351171
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for RAPIDEYE 1
