ESSAIM-3

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ESSAIM-3 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 28496

Int'l Code: 2004-049E

Perigee: 624.3 km

Apogee: 631.3 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 97.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6998 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 18, 2004
Source: France (FR)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the "electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface"; system of four satellites.

1 28496U 04049E   20231.11975757 0.00000060  00000-0  74389-5 0    01
2 28496  98.2716  34.9930 0005002  84.9144 275.0854 14.82736444    03

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants