Latitude
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PROMETHEUS
NORAD 41854 · COSPAR 2016-067G · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
PROMETHEUS 2-1 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 10 months ago).
Orbit: #49810 @ 146 x 151 km x 98.0134 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-12-03 19:27 UTC · 7505.5 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
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// celestrak
PROMETHEUS 2-1
1 41854U 16067G 25337.81077914 .17008389 30870-5 38622-3 0 9992
2 41854 98.0134 216.0906 0003483 109.9703 250.1974 16.46534263498100
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 41854U 16067G 25337.81077914 .17008389 30870-5 38622-3 0 9992
2 41854 98.0134 216.0906 0003483 109.9703 250.1974 16.46534263498100
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
November 11th 2016
Spacecraft age
9 years, 11 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Launch mass
1 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.0134°
Period
87.46 min
Perigee
146 km
Apogee
151 km
Eccentricity
0.0003483
RAAN
216.0906°
Arg of Perigee
109.9703°
Mean Motion
16.46534263 rev/d