UK-DMC

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UK-DMC is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27942

Int'l Code: 2003-042D

Perigee: 586.8 km

Apogee: 668.6 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 97.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6998 km

RCS: 0.319 m² (medium)

Launch date: September 27, 2003
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

BNSCSAT (British National Science Center SATellite, also known as UK-DMC) is a British DMC (multinational Disaster Monitoring Constellation) satellite that was launched by a Kosmos 3M rocket from Plesetsk at 06:12 UT on 27 September 2003. Besides disaster monitoring, it will help in urban planning and agriculture surveys.

1 27942U 03042D   24136.43137935  .00004853  00000-0  58935-3 0  9997
2 27942  98.0488 304.4593 0058430 167.3634 192.9060 14.82788146109546

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC