MICROMAS-2A

NORAD 43131 · COSPAR 2018-004W · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

MICROMAS-2A reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #29189 @ 157 x 177 km x 97.3029 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-04-05 23:35 UTC Â· 30876.6 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

MICROMAS-2A
1 43131U 18004W 23095.98295447 .12392626 24865-5 90540-3 0 9994
2 43131 97.3029 186.4918 0014837 270.8730 89.0869 16.39617505291893

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 11th 2018

Spacecraft age

8 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

MIT/Lincoln Laboratory-University of Massachusetts Amherst

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Contractor

MIT/LL-UM Amherst

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.3029Â°

Period

87.83 min

Perigee

157 km

Apogee

177 km

Eccentricity

0.0014837

RAAN

186.4918Â°

Arg of Perigee

270.873Â°

Mean Motion

16.39617505 rev/d