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NORAD 26998 · COSPAR 2001-055B · ACTIVE

Orbit: #34960 @ 580 x 581 km x 74.0684 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-20 20:19 UTC Â· 21.1 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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TIMED
1 26998U 01055B 26293.84674345 .00000962 00000-0 90417-4 0 09990
2 26998 74.0684 341.9579 0000675 235.4854 124.6267 14.95524620349600

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 7th 2001

Spacecraft age

24 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins

Purpose

Space Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Polar

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Delta 2

Contractor

Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins

Launch mass

587 kg

Power

406.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

74.0684Â°

Period

96.29 min

Perigee

580 km

Apogee

581 km

Eccentricity

6.75E-5

RAAN

341.9579Â°

Arg of Perigee

235.4854Â°

Mean Motion

14.9552462 rev/d