Engineering
NORAD ID: 33315
Int'l Code: 2008-040D
Perigee: 627.4 km
Apogee: 645.7 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 33315U 08040D 13169.29530306 .00000298 00000-0 46326-4 0 3296
2 33315 097.8978 257.4617 0013096 006.1267 354.0109 14.79968811259404
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for RAPIDEYE 3
