Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 38258
Int'l Code: 2012-021B
Perigee: 449.4 km
Apogee: 454.5 km
Inclination: 97.3 °
Period: 93.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 6822 km
Launch date: May 10, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: Tiantuo I is a Chinese nanosatellite that will complete a mission dedicated to optical imaging, detection of on-orbit atomic oxygen and receiving signals from the marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) that is currently in its testing phase. The microsatellite was developed and built by the National University of Defense Technology.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38258U 12021B 13141.72896219 .00020678 00000-0 51207-3 0 1540
2 38258 097.2778 273.0776 0003767 040.3807 067.0143 15.40438851 57771
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for TIANTUO 1
