ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Perigee: 897.3 km

Apogee: 899.3 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7269 km

RCS: 3.1092 m² (large)

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

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   23091.86332883  .00000470  00000-0  34289-3 0  9990
2 28254  98.6727  90.5124 0001421  28.2740  35.0658 14.00758144964633

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC