PLEIADES

NORAD 38012 · COSPAR 2011-076F · ACTIVE

Orbit: #78950 @ 697 x 699 km x 98.1878 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-15 07:38 UTC Â· 16.5 h old

Orbit history

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

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PLEIADES 1A
1 38012U 11076F 26288.31845062 .00000044 00000-0 19198-4 0 09994
2 38012 98.1878 1.7396 0001642 95.7551 339.6820 14.58553129789501

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 17th 2011

Spacecraft age

14 years, 9 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

98.1878Â°

Period

98.73 min

Perigee

697 km

Apogee

699 km

Eccentricity

0.0001642

RAAN

1.7396Â°

Arg of Perigee

95.7551Â°

Mean Motion

14.58553129 rev/d