CALIPSO

NORAD 29108 · COSPAR 2006-016B · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #1191 @ 666 x 668 km x 98.4466 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-04-26 13:41 UTC Â· 12746.6 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

// celestrak

CALIPSO
1 29108U 06016B 25116.57034138 .00002984 00000+0 52845-3 0 9998
2 29108 98.4466 113.3311 0001800 101.3289 258.8117 14.68098877 11917

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

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NASA

Purpose

Earth Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Delta 2

Contractor

Alcatel Alenia Space

Launch mass

587 kg

Power

550.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4466Â°

Period

98.09 min

Perigee

666 km

Apogee

668 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

RAAN

113.3311Â°

Arg of Perigee

101.3289Â°

Mean Motion

14.68098877 rev/d