OCEANSAT 2

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OCEANSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 35931

Int'l Code: 2009-051A

Perigee: 728.0 km

Apogee: 732.1 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 99.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7101 km

RCS: 4.282 m² (large)

Launch date: September 23, 2009
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

OCEANSAT-2 is an Indian remote sensing satellite envisaged to provide service continuity for the operational users of OCM (Ocean Color Monitor) data as well as to enhance the application potential in other areas. The main objectives of OceanSat-2 are to study surface winds and ocean surface strata, observation of chlorophyll concentrations, monitoring of phytoplankton blooms, study of atmospheric aerosols and suspended sediments in the water.

1 35931U 09051A   21163.17075211  .00000051  00000-0  24103-4 0  9993
2 35931  98.2942 259.2794 0002832  56.4601 303.6865 14.50840609620570

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC