ENVISAT

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ENVISAT is classified as:

NORAD ID: 27386

Int'l Code: 2002-009A

Perigee: 768.4 km

Apogee: 770.1 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 100.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7140 km

RCS: 19.4975 m² (large)

Launch date: March 1, 2002
Source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

The Envisat (Environmental Satellite) satellite is an Earth-observing satellite built by the European Space Agency. It was launched on March 1, 2002 aboard an Ariane 5 into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at a height of 790 km (±10 km). It orbits the Earth in about 101 minutes with a repeat cycle of 35 days. Envisat carries an array of nine Earth-observation instruments that gather information about the earth (land, water, ice, and atmosphere) using a variety of measurement principles.

1 27386U 02009A   25136.43046081  .00000119  00000-0  52353-4 0  9993
2 27386  98.3321  92.9022 0001218  90.8511  16.8077 14.38911276216420

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC