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: 843.0 km

Apogee: 859.8 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 101.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7222 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   24348.74975022  .00000512  00000-0  29041-3 0  9998
2 35951  98.8379 321.9234 0011644  20.6741 339.4901 14.14422243781742

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants