HELIOS

NORAD 28492 · COSPAR 2004-049A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #9130 @ 560 x 569 km x 98.3024 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-04-26 21:26 UTC Â· 13109.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

HELIOS 2A
1 28492U 04049A 25116.89359823 .00003465 00000+0 27814-3 0 9996
2 28492 98.3024 137.6842 0006578 240.7950 119.2615 15.00796734 91307

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 18th 2004

Spacecraft age

21 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Du008elu008egation Gu008enu008erale de l'Armement (DGA)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5G

Contractor

EADS Astrium

Launch mass

4,200 kg

Power

2,900.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.3024Â°

Period

95.95 min

Perigee

560 km

Apogee

569 km

Eccentricity

0.0006578

RAAN

137.6842Â°

Arg of Perigee

240.795Â°

Mean Motion

15.00796734 rev/d