IGS 6A

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IGS 6A is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 37813

Int'l Code: 2011-050A

Perigee: 571.0 km

Apogee: 574.2 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6943 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 23, 2011
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

IGS 6A is a secret Japanese satellite, built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., circling Earth in a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of more than 300 miles. The spacecraft was a more than $500 million payload outfitted with an optical camera and telescope to supply imagery to the Japanese government for intelligence, defense and civilian remote sensing applications. The spacecraft will become an operational member of Japan's optical spy satellite fleet.

1 37813U 11050A   24104.09279786 0.00006000  00000-0  47740-3 0    02
2 37813  97.9579 249.2527 0002284  91.9178 268.0820 15.00467019    01

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants