Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
SCD-2 (Satélite de Coleta de Dados) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Brazil |
Operator/Owner |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Meteorology/Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Intermediate |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
|
Perigee (km) |
735 |
Apogee (km) |
760 |
Eccentricity |
0.00175623463294696 |
Inclination (degrees) |
25 |
Period (minutes) |
99.8 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
110 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
70 |
Date of Launch |
23-10-1998 |
Expected Lifetime |
3 yrs. |
Contractor |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) |
Country of Contractor |
Brazil |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Pegasus |
COSPAR Number |
1998-060A |
NORAD Number |
25504 |
Comments |
Collects meteorological and environmental data on the Amazon region |