Latitude
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SMAP
NORAD 40376 · COSPAR 2015-003A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #62884 @ 681 x 683 km x 98.1303 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-09 07:26 UTC · 18.4 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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SMAP
1 40376U 15003A 26313.31023683 .00000467 00000-0 99442-4 0 09999
2 40376 98.1303 318.3772 0001263 87.3966 272.7381 14.63407501628847
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40376U 15003A 26313.31023683 .00000467 00000-0 99442-4 0 09999
2 40376 98.1303 318.3772 0001263 87.3966 272.7381 14.63407501628847
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
January 31st 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Delta 2
Contractor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Launch mass
â
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.1303°
Period
98.4 min
Perigee
681 km
Apogee
683 km
Eccentricity
0.0001263
RAAN
318.3772°
Arg of Perigee
87.3966°
Mean Motion
14.63407501 rev/d