CLOUDSAT

NORAD 29107 · COSPAR 2006-016A · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #95832 @ 619 x 626 km x 98.4057 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-04-24 04:24 UTC Â· 21767.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

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Current TLE

// celestrak

CLOUDSAT
1 29107U 06016A 24115.18342880 .00004773 00000+0 60564-3 0 9993
2 29107 98.4057 98.0593 0005352 357.6660 2.4526 14.82202564958326

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

April 28th 2006

Spacecraft age

20 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Colorado State University

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Delta 2

Contractor

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Launch mass

848 kg

Power

570.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4057Â°

Period

97.15 min

Perigee

619 km

Apogee

626 km

Eccentricity

0.0005352

RAAN

98.0593Â°

Arg of Perigee

357.666Â°

Mean Motion

14.82202564 rev/d