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HELIOS

NORAD 36124 · COSPAR 2009-073A · REENTRY☠️ RIP
HELIOS 2B reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).
Orbit: #75253 @ 130 x 149 km x 98.1573 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-12-14 05:30 UTC · 25054.4 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
HELIOS 2B
1 36124U 09073A 23348.22964341 .17049211 30690-5 18188-3 0 9993
2 36124 98.1573 12.6644 0013857 321.8211 103.0899 16.49947411752534
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
December 18th 2009
Spacecraft age
16 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 · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5
Contractor
EADS Astrium
Launch mass
4,200 kg
Power
2,900.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
98.1573°
Period
87.28 min
Perigee
130 km
Apogee
149 km
Eccentricity
0.0013857
RAAN
12.6644°
Arg of Perigee
321.8211°
Mean Motion
16.49947411 rev/d