SMOS

NORAD 36036 · COSPAR 2009-059A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #89255 @ 758 x 760 km x 98.4432 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-27 22:15 UTC Â· 31.3 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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SMOS
1 36036U 09059A 26300.92716515 .00000139 00000-0 58326-4 0 09999
2 36036 98.4432 126.3399 0001363 88.2935 271.8409 14.39743358892558

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

November 2nd 2009

Spacecraft age

16 years, 11 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/European Space Agency (ESA)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Breeze KM

Contractor

Thales Alenia Space

Launch mass

658 kg

Power

1,065.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4432Â°

Period

100.02 min

Perigee

758 km

Apogee

760 km

Eccentricity

0.0001363

RAAN

126.3399Â°

Arg of Perigee

88.2935Â°

Mean Motion

14.39743358 rev/d