Latitude
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FIREBIRD
NORAD 40378 · COSPAR 2015-003C · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
FIREBIRD 4 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).
Orbit: #47185 @ 162 x 171 km x 99.057 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-08-01 11:13 UTC · 28115.9 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
FIREBIRD 4
1 40378U 15003C 23213.46747684 .09535059 37184-5 78516-3 0 9992
2 40378 99.0570 187.9460 0006954 206.7965 153.2971 16.39803081471850
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40378U 15003C 23213.46747684 .09535059 37184-5 78516-3 0 9992
2 40378 99.0570 187.9460 0006954 206.7965 153.2971 16.39803081471850
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
January 31st 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 8 months
Distance travelled
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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
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
99.057°
Period
87.82 min
Perigee
162 km
Apogee
171 km
Eccentricity
0.0006954
RAAN
187.946°
Arg of Perigee
206.7965°
Mean Motion
16.39803081 rev/d