NEOSSAT

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NEOSSAT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39089

Int'l Code: 2013-009D

Perigee: 773.0 km

Apogee: 787.3 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7151 km

RCS: 0.5655 m² (medium)

Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: Canada (CA)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

NEOSSAT is the first space telescope designed to search for hazardous Earth-crossing asteroids. The $24 million NEOSSat mission will scan the sky for asteroids lurking near Earth, including objects orbiting close to the sun, making their discoveries challenging for traditional ground-based telescopes. Engineers outfitted the suitcase-sized satellite with a baffle to allow the telescope to point closer to the sun than other observatories. Astronomers will try to pick out asteroids as they streak through a matrix of stars, detecting between four and 12 500-meter, or 1,640-foot, asteroids each month, plus smaller objects.

1 39089U 13009D   25172.97515034  .00000144  00000-0  64937-4 0  9995
2 39089  98.4074 356.8222 0009976 236.8438 123.1792 14.35617373645062

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC