Disaster monitoring
NORAD ID: 35683
Int'l Code: 2009-041C
Perigee: 665.6 km
Apogee: 667.2 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
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 15030.23745432 .00000540 00000-0 96821-4 0 1269
2 35683 097.9461 285.0036 0001137 073.8176 286.3158 14.70567180295278
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for DMC 2
