● ORBIT ING-NOW

MMS

NORAD 40482 · COSPAR 2015-011A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #136 @ 10876 x 172203 km x 72.9889 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-09 22:00 UTC · 17.1 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// onowactive
MMS 1
1 40482U 15011A 26282.91668980 -.00001074 00000-0 00000-0 0 09996
2 40482 72.9889 347.5064 8237846 169.9131 121.7823 0.28334175001367
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
March 13th 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 6 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Purpose
Space Science
Orbit class
Elliptical
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch mass
1,360 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
72.9889°
Period
5082.2 min
Perigee
10876 km
Apogee
172203 km
Eccentricity
0.8237846
RAAN
347.5064°
Arg of Perigee
169.9131°
Mean Motion
0.28334175 rev/d