NOAA

NORAD 25338 · COSPAR 1998-030A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #41855 @ 794 x 810 km x 98.5336 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-08-19 18:28 UTC Â· 10282 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

NOAA 15
1 25338U 98030A 25231.77009435 .00000153 00000+0 80310-4 0 9993
2 25338 98.5336 255.1809 0010950 145.7140 214.4750 14.27013376418554

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 13th 1998

Spacecraft age

28 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (part of international program)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Titan 2

Contractor

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space

Launch mass

2,223 kg

Power

830.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.5336Â°

Period

100.91 min

Perigee

794 km

Apogee

810 km

Eccentricity

0.001095

RAAN

255.1809Â°

Arg of Perigee

145.714Â°

Mean Motion

14.27013376 rev/d