Norad ID: 22195
| Spacetrack Directory Name | LAGEOS 2 |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Włochy (IT) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
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| Perigee | 5617 km |
| Apogee | 5951 km |
| Height LAGEOS 2 | 5791.66 km |
LAGEOS, Laser Geodynamics Satellite or Laser Geometric Environmental Observation Survey, are a series of two scientific research satellites designed to provide an orbiting laser ranging benchmark for geodynamical studies of the Earth. Each satellite is a high-density passive laser reflector in a very stable medium Earth orbit (MEO).
satellite LAGEOS 2 Date of exalting 22.10.1992y. Average height of ISS LAGEOS 2 hundred 5791.66 km. Average velocity LAGEOS 2 is 20608.93 km/h. Inclination LAGEOS 2 satellite 52.66°.