AQUA

NORAD 27424 · COSPAR 2002-022A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #30252 @ 685 x 686 km x 98.4464 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-26 21:56 UTC Â· 7.3 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

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AQUA
1 27424U 02022A 26299.91410615 .00000425 00000-0 94236-4 0 09999
2 27424 98.4464 271.9536 0000801 91.7868 293.5838 14.62252733302522

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 4th 2002

Spacecraft age

24 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Earth Science Enterprise/Japan Meteorological Agency/Brazilian Space Agency

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Delta

Contractor

NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Equatorial Systems (Brazil)

Launch mass

2,934 kg

Power

4,860 (EOL) W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4464Â°

Period

98.48 min

Perigee

685 km

Apogee

686 km

Eccentricity

8.01E-5

RAAN

271.9536Â°

Arg of Perigee

91.7868Â°

Mean Motion

14.62252733 rev/d