ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

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Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Launch date: May 20, 2004
Source: Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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Status: Reentered

Rocsat 2 is a Taiwanese (ROC) remote sensing satellite that was launched from Vandenberg AFB by a Taurus XL rocket at 17:47 UT on 19 May 2004. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called sprites.

1 28254U 04018A   26253.79353694 -.00000074  00000-0 -20710-4 0  9995
2 28254  98.8502 218.6512 0003307 106.2530 318.4309 14.01233610140745

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC