NUSTAR

NORAD 38358 · COSPAR 2012-031A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #254 @ 531 x 541 km x 6.0281 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-11-12 12:00 UTC Â· 15 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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NUSTAR
1 38358U 12031A 26316.50002315 .00017571 00000-0 99293-3 0 09994
2 38358 6.0281 0.5540 0007799 165.9538 205.4410 15.10053370002541

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

June 13th 2012

Spacecraft age

14 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Purpose

Space Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Equatorial

Launch site

Kwajalein Island

Launch vehicle

Pegasus XL

Contractor

Orbital Sciences Corp.

Launch mass

360 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

6.0281Â°

Period

95.36 min

Perigee

531 km

Apogee

541 km

Eccentricity

0.0007799

RAAN

0.554Â°

Arg of Perigee

165.9538Â°

Mean Motion

15.1005337 rev/d