● ORBIT ING-NOW

GEOTAIL

NORAD 22049 · COSPAR 1992-044A · INACTIVE
Orbit: #1337 @ 59261 x 181802 km x 47.3366 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-01-24 15:35 UTC · 32517.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
GEOTAIL
1 22049U 92044A 23024.64931814 -.00000895 00000+0 00000+0 0 9994
2 22049 47.3366 33.8417 4827908 211.2303 1.6250 0.19202674 13373
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
July 24th 1992
Spacecraft age
34 years, 2 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/NASA/ESA
Purpose
Space Science
Orbit class
Elliptical · Deep Highly Eccentric
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Delta 2
Contractor
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch mass
980 kg
Power
273.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
47.3366°
Period
7498.96 min
Perigee
59261 km
Apogee
181802 km
Eccentricity
0.4827908
RAAN
33.8417°
Arg of Perigee
211.2303°
Mean Motion
0.19202674 rev/d