SARAL

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SARAL is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39086

Int'l Code: 2013-009A

Perigee: 791.6 km

Apogee: 792.7 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7163 km

RCS: 2.167 m² (large)

Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

SARAL is a 900-pound (408-kg) satellite equipped with a Ka-band altimeter to measure the height of ocean waves. Jointly developed by France and India, the SARAL mission will bounce radar waves off ocean and ice surfaces to measure topography, pulling back the curtain on ocean circulation and giving scientists insights into its role in global climate. The radar signal will measure the height of waves with an accuracy of just a few inches, a feat similar to measuring the thickness of paper lying on the ground from the top of a skyscraper. SARAL also carries a communications package named ARGOS to collect observations from a network of ocean buoys and ground stations providing in situ data on wave height, period, water and air temperature, and other conditions.

1 39086U 13009A   19177.13346958 -.00000012  00000-0  11698-4 0  9996
2 39086  98.5417   3.2054 0000803 140.0264 220.0979 14.32006447330864

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC