Earth resources
NORAD ID: 35931
Int'l Code: 2009-051A
Perigee: 728.4 km
Apogee: 731.7 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 99.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7101 km
Launch date: September 23, 2009
Source: India (IND)
Comments: OCEANSAT-2 is an Indian remote sensing satellite envisaged to provide service continuity for the operational users of OCM (Ocean Color Monitor) data as well as to enhance the application potential in other areas. The main objectives of OceanSat-2 are to study surface winds and ocean surface strata, observation of chlorophyll concentrations, monitoring of phytoplankton blooms, study of atmospheric aerosols and suspended sediments in the water.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35931U 09051A 14203.15821917 .00000147 00000-0 48497-4 0 1259
2 35931 098.2760 297.4718 0002321 180.8636 307.5042 14.50847708255606
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for OCEANSAT 2
