PICARD

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PICARD is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 36598
Int'l Code: 2010-028A
Perigee: 730.4 km
Apogee: 730.9 km
Inclination: 98.3 °
Period: 99.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7101 km
RCS: 0.879 m² (medium)
Launch date: June 15, 2010
Source: France (FR)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

PICARD, a French solar physics satellite was launched on a Dnepr rocket from the Dombarovsky Missile Base near Yasny, Russia at 14:42 UT on 15 June 2010. Picard is an investigation dedicated to the simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, the diameter and solar shape, and to studying the Sun's interior through helioseismology. Picard's 11 cm imaging telescope, called SODISM, will obtain ultra-precise measurements of the Sun's diameter, shape and rotation. Two more instruments, named SOVAP and PREMOS, will measure the total solar irradiance and energy fluctuations in ultraviolet, visible and infrared light.

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1 36598U 10028A   20047.54150893  .00000052  00000-0  24308-4 0  9998
2 36598  98.3151 236.8511 0000347  80.0931 280.0305 14.50647236512016

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