AURA

NORAD 28376 · COSPAR 2004-026A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #18710 @ 688 x 689 km x 98.362 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-07 05:15 UTC Â· 19.8 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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AURA
1 28376U 04026A 26311.21939062 .00000834 00000-0 17798-3 0 09993
2 28376 98.3620 269.0071 0001092 94.5571 265.5754 14.61506419187102

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

July 15th 2004

Spacecraft age

22 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Goddard Space Flight Center/EOS Data and Operations System

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Delta 2

Contractor

TRW

Launch mass

2,967 kg

Power

4,600 (EOL) W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.362Â°

Period

98.53 min

Perigee

688 km

Apogee

689 km

Eccentricity

0.0001092

RAAN

269.0071Â°

Arg of Perigee

94.5571Â°

Mean Motion

14.61506419 rev/d