DEIMOS 1

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DEIMOS 1 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 35681

Int'l Code: 2009-041A

Perigee: 660.9 km

Apogee: 664.7 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7033 km

RCS: 0.224 m² (medium)

Launch date: July 29, 2009
Source: Spain (SPN)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

The Deimos 1 satellite will gather wide-angle, medium-resolution images with optical payloads able to see objects about 72 feet [22 m] across. The spacecraft join four existing disaster monitoring satellites with less-capable imaging equipment. Those payloads are owned by agencies in the U.K., Nigeria, Algeria and China. Deimos 1 increase the fleet's total imaging capacity twenty-fold, according to DMC International Imaging Ltd., the firm that markets the constellation's products. Officials use the constellation's images for mapping, urban planning, resource management, security and disaster relief purposes. The 200-pound [91-kg] Deimos 1 spacecraft will be handed over to Deimos Space, a Spanish company that will operate the satellite during its mission.

1 35681U 09041A   17265.70086132  .00000155  00000-0  32598-4 0  9997
2 35681  97.9383 155.7035 0002725  45.7388 314.4052 14.71685237437480

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC