PLEIADES

NORAD 38012 · COSPAR 2011-076F · ACTIVE

Orbit: #79251 @ 697 x 699 km x 98.1858 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-04 23:40 UTC Â· 12.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

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PLEIADES 1A
1 38012U 11076F 26308.98614566 -.00000129 00000-0 -17993-4 0 09990
2 38012 98.1858 22.0974 0001643 83.6063 89.6559 14.58561167792519

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 17th 2011

Spacecraft age

14 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Ministry of Defense/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - cooperation with Austria, Belgium, Spain, Sweden

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Soyuz-2/Fregat

Contractor

Astrium

Launch mass

1,000 kg

Power

1,500.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.1858Â°

Period

98.73 min

Perigee

697 km

Apogee

699 km

Eccentricity

0.0001643

RAAN

22.0974Â°

Arg of Perigee

83.6063Â°

Mean Motion

14.58561167 rev/d