Spacetrack Directory Name | SCD 2 |
Follow SCD 2 | SCD 2 Tracker |
Pass predictions SCD 2 | Pass predictions SCD 2 |
Orbit launches | 1998-10-23 (26 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 9527 |
Country/organisation of origin | Brazylia (BRAZ) |
Starting point | ERAS (Wallops Flight Facility, USA) |
Categories | |
Perigee | 732 km |
Apogee | 757 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 25° |
Laps per day | 14 |
Orbit | LEO (Non-Polar Inclined) |
Height SCD 2 | 742.45 km |
The first Data-Collecting Satellite (Portuguese Satélite de Coleta de Dados) (aka SCD-1) was launched on February 9, 1993. It is the first satellite developed entirely in Brazil and it remains in operation in orbit to this date. SCD-1 was designed, developed, built, and tested by Brazilian scientists, engineers, and technicians working at National Institute of Space Research and in Brazilian industries. It was made to be launched with a Brazilian rocket in 1989. Once it was officially recognized that the rocket could not be completed until many years later, SCD-1, after undergoing minor adaptations, was finally launched with a Pegasus rocket made by Orbital Sciences. The rocket was launched from a B-52 airplane while flying over the Atlantic Ocean.
satellite SCD 2 Date of exalting 23.10.1998y. Average height of ISS SCD 2 hundred 742.45 km. Average velocity SCD 2 is 26951.23 km/h. Inclination SCD 2 satellite 25°.