Earth resources
NORAD ID: 36798
Int'l Code: 2010-035D
Perigee: 671.2 km
Apogee: 673.1 km
Inclination: 98.0 °
Period: 98.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7050 km
Launch date: July 12, 2010
Source: Algeria (ALG)
Comments: Alsat 2A is the first of two satellites Astrium is building for Algeria under an export cooperation contract. Alsat 2B will be assembled in Algeria with help from Astrium. Algeria plans to use the satellites in cartography, agriculture and forestry management, mineral and oil resource monitoring, crop protection, and disaster response planning, according to Astrium.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 36798U 10035D 15062.40829592 .00000679 00000-0 13088-3 0 9990
2 36798 098.0173 130.4802 0001330 079.2606 280.8756 14.66539057248453
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ALSAT 2A
