RASAT

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RASAT is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 37791

Int'l Code: 2011-044D

Perigee: 669.6 km

Apogee: 700.7 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 98.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7056 km

RCS: 0.5873 m² (medium)

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

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   19052.42868333 -.00000016  00000-0  61590-5 0  9995
2 37791  98.1187 146.8658 0022022 351.8469   8.2374 14.64704402401680

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC