Most satellites constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. are launched for government use (51.9%) and for the purpose of earth observation (59.3%).
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Highlights on some of the satellites constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.:
Heaviest satellite launched by Taiwan/USA into space at 280 kg
Designed for earth observation (Meteorology), COSMIC 2-1 is a government satellite operated by Taiwan's National Space Organization and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admistration (NOAA) (Taiwan/USA).
A non-polar inclined LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Falcon Heavy as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral on 25 June 2019. COSMIC 2-1 was constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (UK).
With a launch mass of 280kg, COSMIC 2-1 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 5 years. It orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2019-036L and NORAD ID 44349.
Taking 99 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 709km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 721km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 8.47E-04 and it orbits at an inclination of 24 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. into space at 447 kg
Operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. of United Kingdom, DMC 3-1 is a commercial satellite launched for the purpose of earth observation (Optical Imaging).
Constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (UK), it was launched into space using PSLV as the launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 10 July 2015. DMC 3-1 orbits around the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite.
Designed with an operational lifetime of 10 years, DMC 3-1 has a launch mass of 447 kg and navigates with the COSPAR ID 2015-032A and NORAD ID 40715.
With an orbital eccentricity of 1.92E-03, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 636km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 663km. It takes 98 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
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