DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210)

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DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 35951

Int'l Code: 2009-057A

Perigee: 841.5 km

Apogee: 858.9 km

Inclination: 98.9 °

Period: 101.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7221 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 18, 2009
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

DMSP 5D-3 F18 is used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air. Equipped with a sophisticated sensor suite that can image visible and infrared cloud cover and measure precipitation, surface temperature, and soil moisture, the satellite collects specialized global meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical information in all weather conditions.

1 35951U 09057A   25348.91838276  .00000279  00000-0  16798-3 0  9992
2 35951  98.8836 325.3082 0012025  56.9928 303.2399 14.14770329833538

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants