POLAR

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POLAR is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 23802
Int'l Code: 1996-013A
Perigee: 7,293.2 km
Apogee: 50,946.2 km
Inclination: 79.5 °
Period: 1,109.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 35490 km
RCS: 7.451 m² (large)
Launch date: February 24, 1996
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Operates with "Wind"; responsibility for multi-wavelength imaging of aurora, measuring entry of plasma into polar magentosphere and geomagnetic tail, flow of plasma to and from ionosphere, and deposition of particle energy in ionosphere and upper atmosphere.

Your satellite tracking list

ARIANE 3 R/B Track 1 satellite(s)

1 23802U 96013A   25198.76653690  .00000257  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 23802  79.4763 230.7282 6149933 220.3652  72.2264  1.29846792140491

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC