RASAT

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RASAT is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37791

Int'l Code: 2011-044D

Launch date: August 17, 2011
Source: Turkey (TURK)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.400
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9k6 FSK
Call sign: RASAT0-11 12
Status: Inactive

RASAT is the first Earth observation satellite designed and built in Turkey. The 205-pound (93-kg) RASAT payload features a camera capable of a peak resolution of about 25 feet (7.6 m) from the craft's 430-mile (692-km)-high orbit. Owned by the publicly-funded Space Technologies Research Institute, RASAT is designed for a three-year life in space. Its primary objectives are to advance Turkish space technology and know-how and observe natural and manmade disasters, monitor coastline changes and pollution, detect illegal settlements and urban land changes, and update existing maps.

1 37791U 11044D   26253.97878288  .00000560  00000-0  10551-3 0  9998
2 37791  98.0566 344.0616 0019187 281.7459 133.2301 14.68234682805773

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC