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SPIRALE B

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SPIRALE B is classified as:


NORAD ID: 33752
Int'l Code: 2009-008D
Perigee: 263.9 km
Apogee: 30,544.2 km
Inclination: 2.2 °
Period: 533.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 21775 km
RCS: 0.5012 m2 (medium)
Launch date: February 12, 2009
Source: France (FR)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

SPIRALE B is a missile-warning micro-satellite for the French military. The satellite will test a space-based optical early warning system to detect enemy missile launches. The name comes from the French acronym for "Preparatory System for IR Early Warning". Flying in a highly elliptical orbit of 22,300 by 375 miles [35,900 by 600 km], the cube-shaped micro-satellite will take infrared imagery to spot ballistic missiles during their boost phase of flight.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE): 
1 33752U 09008D   17176.96949612 +.00001680 +00000-0 +41713-3 0  9999
2 33752 002.1627 353.4768 6952967 046.7308 353.5719 02.70186966075086
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC