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: 903.6 km

Apogee: 915.1 km

Inclination: 99.3 °

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.

1  6126U 72058A   21297.53574995 -.00000273  00000-0 -16131-3 0  9994
2  6126  99.2931 270.4345 0007883 188.7465 171.3561 13.97571574511167

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC