ROCSAT 2

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ROCSAT 2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 28254

Int'l Code: 2004-018A

Perigee: 895.5 km

Apogee: 898.4 km

Inclination: 98.8 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7267 km

RCS: 3.1092 m² (large)

Launch date: May 20, 2004
Source: Taiwan (Republic of China) (ROC)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Rocsat 2 is a Taiwanese (ROC) remote sensing satellite that was launched from Vandenberg AFB by a Taurus XL rocket at 17:47 UT on 19 May 2004. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called sprites.

1 28254U 04018A   24325.86499321 -.00000149  00000-0 -71095-4 0  9994
2 28254  98.7712 302.6863 0001995 107.1829  16.1620 14.01148952 48505

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC