LANDSAT 5

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LANDSAT 5 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 14780

Int'l Code: 1984-021A

Perigee: 537.3 km

Apogee: 661.5 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 96.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6970 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   18319.90002005  .00000367  00000-0  40101-4 0  9999
2 14780  98.0941  88.5744 0089083 268.7673  90.3338 14.91806146852906

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC