Disaster monitoring
NORAD ID: 35683
Int'l Code: 2009-041C
Perigee: 666.1 km
Apogee: 667.9 km
Inclination: 98.0 °
Period: 97.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 7037 km
Launch date: July 29, 2009
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Comments: The UK-DMC 2 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. UK-DMC 2 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. UK-DMC 2 weighs about 212 pounds [96 kg] and is a follow-on to a 6-year-old first-generation disaster monitoring satellite.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35683U 09041C 14203.48244218 .00000051 00000-0 16426-4 0 5425
2 35683 097.9621 097.8930 0001290 077.6110 282.5253 14.70389808267090
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DMC 2
