Disaster monitoring
NORAD ID: 35681
Int'l Code: 2009-041A
Perigee: 666.6 km
Apogee: 668.3 km
Inclination: 98.0 °
Period: 97.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 7038 km
Launch date: July 29, 2009
Source: Spain (SPN)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35681U 09041A 14070.47747648 .00000743 00000-0 13119-3 0 1136
2 35681 097.9787 328.7601 0001211 106.0957 254.0385 14.70240943247624
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DEIMOS 1
