Payload (satellite)
RASAT
RASAT is a satellite launched 2011-08-17 by Turkey.
About
RASAT was an Earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute and produced in Turkey to provide high resolution imagery. It was the first remote sensing satellite fully realized in Turkey, and the second indigenously developed remote sensing satellite after BILSAT-1.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID37791
International designator2011-044D
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerTurkey
Launch date2011-08-17
Launch siteDongfang Space Port, China
Orbital period98.1 min
Inclination98.06°
Apogee682 km
Perigee651 km