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Designator id: 1995-021A

Description of ERS 2 Satellite:

ERS 2 was an ESA earth resources spacecraft launched by an Ariane rocket from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana. The 2,516 kg spacecraft carried a synthetic aperture radar for topographic studies, a wide beam radar (both in the C-band), a radar altimeter for measuring ocean surface and waves, a radiometer for measuring ocean surface temperatures, and an optical Global Ozone Monitor (GOME) that will monitor ozone and ozone-destroying gases and carried reflectors for laser tracking. It has a 6.5 gigabit tape recorder to record data from a full orbit.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1995-04-21
Launch Vehicle: Ariane
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 2516.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
European Space Agency (International)

Disciplines:
Earth Science

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 23560U 95021A   12339.21179727  .00002606  00000-0  19010-3 0  5126
2 23560 098.5249 106.4323 0005424 105.1480 255.0332 15.04743745924924

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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