ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Perigee: 896.2 km

Apogee: 898.7 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7268 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   24110.97547425  .00000535  00000-0  38526-3 0  9995
2 28254  98.7381  96.5487 0001720  47.2955  18.0703 14.01014097 18375

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC