Latitude
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AQUA
NORAD 27424 · COSPAR 2002-022A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #30242 @ 685 x 686 km x 98.4463 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-26 05:57 UTC · 17.7 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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AQUA
1 27424U 02022A 26299.24858837 .00000439 00000-0 96855-4 0 09991
2 27424 98.4463 271.2733 0000794 90.4309 33.6487 14.62251957302429
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 27424U 02022A 26299.24858837 .00000439 00000-0 96855-4 0 09991
2 27424 98.4463 271.2733 0000794 90.4309 33.6487 14.62251957302429
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
May 4th 2002
Spacecraft age
24 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Earth Science Enterprise/Japan Meteorological Agency/Brazilian Space Agency
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · 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 elementsInclination
98.4463°
Period
98.48 min
Perigee
685 km
Apogee
686 km
Eccentricity
7.94E-5
RAAN
271.2733°
Arg of Perigee
90.4309°
Mean Motion
14.62251957 rev/d