ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Perigee: 895.2 km

Apogee: 898.3 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7267 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   26020.94368690  .00000099  00000-0  94080-4 0  9992
2 28254  98.8194 353.1244 0002130  73.4147 352.1940 14.01200967108133

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC