Search & rescue
NORAD ID: 35866
Int'l Code: 2009-049B
Perigee: 820.9 km
Apogee: 826.9 km
Inclination: 98.6 °
Period: 101.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7194 km
Launch date: September 17, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Sterkh-2 is an emergency rescue satellite built by PO Polyot. Sterkh was developed as a replacement for the older Nadezhda system. Unlike their predecessors, Sterkh satellites do not carry navigation systems, since this function has been taken over by GLONASS. Sterkh satellites are smaller than their predecessors and were designed to be launched as secondary payloads with other satellites.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35866U 09049B 13138.16321834 .00000123 00000-0 74259-4 0 5335
2 35866 098.6031 192.4500 0004210 146.0832 276.5806 14.22547142190274
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for STERKH 2
