TANSAT

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TANSAT is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 41898

Int'l Code: 2016-081A

Perigee: 688.0 km

Apogee: 715.2 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 98.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7072 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 21, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

TANSAT is a Chinese satellite designed to track greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere. Using a near-infrared spectrometer, the TanSat satellite will track regional and global concentrations of carbon dioxide down to four parts per million, generating monthly maps of where the densest greenhouse gas levels are distributed worldwide. The TANSAT spacecraft can turn to point its instruments straight down at Earth, pivot to aim toward the sun's glint off ocean and land surfaces, and conduct targeted observations of carbon-emitting cities and heavy industrial regions. The satellite will cover every part of the planet at least once every 16 days during its three-year mission.

1 41898U 16081A   25199.85338347  .00000366  00000-0  87324-4 0  9996
2 41898  98.5135 185.7281 0019242 258.3903 101.5136 14.59594415455999

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC