The Lageos measurement Satellites

LAGEOS

Two passive satellites are used for laser geodesy. Server sky orbits should stay above these!

LAGEOS 1

LAGEOS 2

- nyo

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

mass

411kg

405kg

diameter

0.6m

0.6m

eccentricity

0.0045

- NSSDC

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

decay

1.1mm/day 1.5V

- Innovateus

mass

406.965

405.38

spin

0.61s

0.906s

LAGEOS1 TLE:

LAGEOS2 TLE:

LAGEOS: