Latitude
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PROMETHEUS
NORAD 41855 · COSPAR 2016-067H · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
PROMETHEUS 2-3 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 10 months ago).
Orbit: #49799 @ 179 x 184 km x 98.0079 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-12-03 03:21 UTC · 7464.9 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
PROMETHEUS 2-3
1 41855U 16067H 25337.14001197 .07184158 29894-5 11165-2 0 9993
2 41855 98.0079 214.2438 0003680 174.3175 185.8161 16.34066884497991
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 41855U 16067H 25337.14001197 .07184158 29894-5 11165-2 0 9993
2 41855 98.0079 214.2438 0003680 174.3175 185.8161 16.34066884497991
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
August 26th 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Equatorial
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Minotaur 4
Contractor
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Launch mass
1 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.0079°
Period
88.12 min
Perigee
179 km
Apogee
184 km
Eccentricity
0.000368
RAAN
214.2438°
Arg of Perigee
174.3175°
Mean Motion
16.34066884 rev/d