ESSAIM-3

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ESSAIM-3 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 28496

Int'l Code: 2004-049E

Perigee: 586.9 km

Apogee: 590.0 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 96.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6959 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 18, 2004
Source: France (FR)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the "electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface"; system of four satellites.

1 28496U 04049E   25341.22681295  .00004746  00000-0  43579-3 0  9998
2 28496  98.2161 263.6272 0002216 119.7435 240.4005 14.95355509134028

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants