The Lageos measurement Satellites
LAGEOS
Two passive satellites are used for laser geodesy. Server sky orbits should stay above these!
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LAGEOS 1 |
LAGEOS 2 |
- nyo |
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NORAD ID |
8820 |
22195 |
Int'l Code |
1976-039A |
1992-070B |
Perigee |
5,845.9 km |
5,622.3 km |
Apogee |
5,954.4 km |
5,959.4 km |
Inclination |
109.8° |
52.6° |
Period |
225.5 min |
222.5 min |
Semi major axis |
12,271.2 km |
12,161.9 km |
Launch date |
May 4, 1976 |
October 22, 1992 |
Source |
United States |
Italy |
- JPL |
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mass |
411kg |
405kg |
diameter |
0.6m |
0.6m |
eccentricity |
0.0045 |
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- NSSDC |
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periapsis |
5837.0 km |
5900.0 km |
apoapsis |
5946.0 km |
5900.0 km |
period |
225.41000366210938 min |
225.0 min |
Inclination |
109.80000305175781° |
54.0° |
eccentricity |
0.00443999981507659 |
0.009999999776482582 |
- springerlink |
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decay |
1.1mm/day 1.5V |
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- Innovateus |
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mass |
406.965 |
405.38 |
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spin |
0.61s |
0.906s |
LAGEOS1 TLE:
- 1 08820U 76039A 11094.82079485 +.00000016 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 01141
- 2 08820 109.8462 077.3556 0044210 050.5232 309.9115 06.38664784558975
LAGEOS2 TLE:
- 1 22195U 92070B 11095.53472161 -.00000009 00000-0 10000-3 0 3192
- 2 22195 052.6462 175.4139 0138581 279.8295 078.6642 06.47294193436229
LAGEOS: