LANDSAT 5

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LANDSAT 5 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 14780

Int'l Code: 1984-021A

Perigee: 536.8 km

Apogee: 660.9 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 96.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6969 km

RCS: 10.4048 m² (large)

Launch date: March 1, 1984
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

The Landsat 5 system was an experimental earth resources monitoring system with the new powerful remote-sensing capabilities of the thematic mapper (TM), and it provides a transition for both foreign and domestic users from the multispectral scanner (MSS) data (which are also part of the instrument package) to the higher resolution and data rate of the TM. It had a complete end-to-end highly automated data system, which was designed to be a new generation system, and was a major step forward in global remote-sensing applications.

1 14780U 84021A   20017.46834704 -.00000066  00000-0  43260-6 0  9995
2 14780  98.1491 169.1485 0088974 303.7337  55.5424 14.91993845916655

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC