Earth resources
NORAD ID: 36798
Int'l Code: 2010-035D
Perigee: 678.4 km
Apogee: 681.0 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 14209.19445228 .00000096 00000-0 25869-4 0 4795
2 36798 098.0469 276.8179 0001829 090.0178 270.1248 14.66410030216475
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ALSAT 2A
