LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1)

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LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1) is classified as:

• Earth resources

NORAD ID: 6126
Int'l Code: 1972-058A
Perigee: 904.4 km
Apogee: 914.5 km
Inclination: 99.2 °
Period: 103.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 7280 km
RCS: 2.9628 m² (large)
Launch date: July 23, 1972
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Landsat 1 (formerly ERTS 1) was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite. The near-polar orbiting spacecraft served as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for obtaining information on agricultural and forestry resources, geology and mineral resources, hydrology and water resources, geography, cartography, environmental pollution, oceanography and marine resources, and meteorological phenomena.

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1  6126U 72058A   19340.53411973  .00000282  00000-0  23207-3 0  9996
2  6126  99.1942 298.1827 0006923 274.3407  85.6964 13.97546794415064

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC