● ORBIT ING-NOW

NIMIQ

NORAD 25740 · COSPAR 1999-027A · INACTIVE
Orbit: #8278 @ 36219 x 36318 km x 2.4522 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2022-01-07 11:44 UTC · 41914.4 h old

Orbit history

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

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
NIMIQ 1
1 25740U 99027A 22007.48891659 -.00000024 00000+0 00000+0 0 9991
2 25740 2.4522 88.6736 0011683 244.6615 44.2671 0.98577489 82786
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
May 20th 1999
Spacecraft age
27 years, 4 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO)
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Proton D
Contractor
Lockheed Martin/Spar Aerospace
Launch mass
3,600 kg
Power
8,600 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
2.4522°
Period
1460.78 min
Perigee
36219 km
Apogee
36318 km
Eccentricity
0.0011683
RAAN
88.6736°
Arg of Perigee
244.6615°
Mean Motion
0.98577489 rev/d