DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249)

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DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249) is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 39630

Int'l Code: 2014-015A

Perigee: 843.0 km

Apogee: 858.3 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 101.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7221 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: April 3, 2014
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

DMSP 5D-3 F19 (USA 249) is a global weather observatory for the U.S. armed forces. The craft carries a sophisticated suite of weather instruments to observe virtually the entire planet twice daily. Data from DMSP satellites is used to create global weather forecasts that military commanders and strategic planners rely upon. The satellites can track weather systems by visible and infrared cloud-cover imagery, day and night, plus monitor ice and snow coverage, pollution and fires. The primary sensor, one of seven aboard, is the Operational Linescan Sensor, which collects visible and infrared cloud pictures in 1,800-mile [2,897-km] swaths covering the globe. The microwave sounder provides storm intensity measurements.

1 39630U 14015A   24340.97488485  .00000464  00000-0  26357-3 0  9998
2 39630  98.7637 339.3169 0010582   6.7075 353.4238 14.14652189551064

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants