Military
NORAD ID: 37362
Int'l Code: 2011-005A
Perigee: 254.2 km
Apogee: 403.0 km
Inclination: 99.4 °
Period: 91.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 6699 km
Launch date: February 1, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: The GEO-IK 2 payload is the first of two new satellites planned for geodetic measurements of Earth's shape, rotation and gravitational field. GEO-IK 2 is also designed to probe plate tectonics, tides and movements of the poles. Such research has military and civilian applications. The GEO-IK 2 spacecraft includes an altimeter built by Thales Alenia Space of France. The satellite's builder was ISS Reshetnev.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37362U 11005A 13171.16970097 .00344402 00000-0 99822-3 0 5097
2 37362 099.3801 021.1184 0111022 180.7989 179.3647 15.83175932130622
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GEO IK 2
