Latitude
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FORTE
NORAD 24920 · COSPAR 1997-047A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #51634 @ 785 x 812 km x 69.9514 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-18 20:53 UTC · 24.4 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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FORTE
1 24920U 97047A 26291.87021741 .00000197 00000-0 10244-3 0 09995
2 24920 69.9514 94.6450 0019220 112.1028 248.2137 14.27986053516341
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 24920U 97047A 26291.87021741 .00000197 00000-0 10244-3 0 09995
2 24920 69.9514 94.6450 0019220 112.1028 248.2137 14.27986053516341
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
August 29th 1997
Spacecraft age
29 years, 1 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
69.9514°
Period
100.84 min
Perigee
785 km
Apogee
812 km
Eccentricity
0.001922
RAAN
94.645°
Arg of Perigee
112.1028°
Mean Motion
14.27986053 rev/d