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: 521.5 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   19224.86973363 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
2 37954  97.4629 300.9486 0001913  14.6067 345.3932 15.17625948    02

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants