2020-068D - Norad ID: 46489
| Spacetrack Directory Name | MEZNSAT |
| Alternative name | 2020-068D |
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| Country/organisation of origin | United Arab Emirates (AE) |
| Starting point | PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 540 km |
| Apogee | 566 km |
Carry a Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer as its primary payload, with the aim of deriving Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) and concentrations in the atmosphere by making observations in the 900?1700nm wavelength region, over the UAE. This mission follows earlier successful missions like CANX-2 and SathyabhamaSat which carried the same payload, an Argus1000 spectrometer.
satellite MEZNSAT Date of exalting 28.09.2020y.