Engineering
NORAD ID: 33314
Int'l Code: 2008-040C
Perigee: 618.2 km
Apogee: 654.9 km
Inclination: 97.9 °
Period: 97.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7007 km
Launch date: August 29, 2008
Source: Germany (GER)
Comments: The satellite, part of RapidEye constellation, weighing about 330 pounds [150 kilograms] at launch, will spend more than seven years circling the planet downloading more than 1.5 million square miles [390 million hectares] of imagery per day, according to RapidEye. The constellation will produce color imagery with a resolution of about 21 feet [6.5 meters], but RapidEye officials say the system will be differentiated by rapid response and timely products for the agriculture industry.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33314U 08040C 13169.32534781 .00000279 00000-0 43599-4 0 3973
2 33314 097.9038 258.6250 0026204 064.1328 296.2593 14.79966927259448
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for RAPIDEYE 1
