Latitude
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FIREBIRD
NORAD 40377 · COSPAR 2015-003B · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
FIREBIRD 3 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).
Orbit: #47174 @ 159 x 169 km x 99.0458 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-07-31 19:52 UTC · 28204.4 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
FIREBIRD 3
1 40377U 15003B 23212.82834679 .10850780 37393-5 80782-3 0 9994
2 40377 99.0458 186.7615 0007210 197.7953 162.3090 16.40642745471746
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40377U 15003B 23212.82834679 .10850780 37393-5 80782-3 0 9994
2 40377 99.0458 186.7615 0007210 197.7953 162.3090 16.40642745471746
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
January 31st 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 8 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
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Operator
Firebird Consortium (Montana State Univ., Univ. of New Hampshire, Aerospace Corp., Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Purpose
Space Science
Orbit class
LEO · Elliptical
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Delta 2
Contractor
Montana State University
Launch mass
2 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
99.0458°
Period
87.77 min
Perigee
159 km
Apogee
169 km
Eccentricity
0.000721
RAAN
186.7615°
Arg of Perigee
197.7953°
Mean Motion
16.40642745 rev/d