IGS 7A

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IGS 7A is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 37954

Int'l Code: 2011-075A

Perigee: 518.8 km

Apogee: 521.6 km

Inclination: 97.5 °

Period: 94.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6891 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 12, 2011
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

IGS 7A is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite, designed to expand the country's capacity to observe military and civil developments around the world. Japanese officials have not revealed the capabilities of the satellite, but it carries a synthetic aperture radar instrument designed to see through clouds and take pictures on the night side of the Earth.

1 37954U 11075A   22179.92156203 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    04
2 37954  97.5019 255.8018 0001999  22.7101 337.2897 15.17616844    03

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants