Latitude
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FORTE
NORAD 24920 · COSPAR 1997-047A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #51926 @ 785 x 812 km x 69.9545 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-08 07:46 UTC · 17.3 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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FORTE
1 24920U 97047A 26312.32396490 .00000240 00000-0 11958-3 0 09997
2 24920 69.9545 48.4422 0018938 79.9034 280.4223 14.27994675519260
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 24920U 97047A 26312.32396490 .00000240 00000-0 11958-3 0 09997
2 24920 69.9545 48.4422 0018938 79.9034 280.4223 14.27994675519260
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
August 29th 1997
Spacecraft age
29 years, 2 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Polar
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Pegasus XL
Contractor
Los Alamos National Laboratory/Sandia National Laboratory
Launch mass
215 kg
Power
55.00 W
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
69.9545°
Period
100.84 min
Perigee
785 km
Apogee
812 km
Eccentricity
0.0018938
RAAN
48.4422°
Arg of Perigee
79.9034°
Mean Motion
14.27994675 rev/d