NEOSSAT

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NEOSSAT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39089

Int'l Code: 2013-009D

Perigee: 776.5 km

Apogee: 791.6 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7155 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   18317.54222317  .00000007  00000-0  17898-4 0  9992
2 39089  98.5105 159.5661 0010519 210.2905 149.7674 14.34444390299135

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC