DMC 2

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DMC 2 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 35683

Int'l Code: 2009-041C

Perigee: 653.9 km

Apogee: 655.4 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 97.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7025 km

RCS: 0.448 m² (medium)

Launch date: July 29, 2009
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

The UK-DMC 2 satellite will gather wide-angle, medium-resolution images with optical payloads able to see objects about 72 feet [22 m] across. The spacecraft join four existing disaster monitoring satellites with less-capable imaging equipment. Those payloads are owned by agencies in the U.K., Nigeria, Algeria and China. UK-DMC 2 increase the fleet's total imaging capacity twenty-fold, according to DMC International Imaging Ltd., the firm that markets the constellation's products. Officials use the constellation's images for mapping, urban planning, resource management, security and disaster relief purposes. UK-DMC 2 weighs about 212 pounds [96 kg] and is a follow-on to a 6-year-old first-generation disaster monitoring satellite.

1 35683U 09041C   24326.11179330  .00001963  00000-0  30420-3 0  9992
2 35683  97.8032 107.6080 0001098  81.3439 278.7895 14.74251385822125

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC