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2018-076A
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Orbit:
#43562 @ 622 x 624 km x 97.8864 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-26 23:37 UTC
·
6.6 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// onowactive
SAOCOM 1A
1 43641U 18076A 26299.98417497 -.00000127 00000-0 -94415-5 0 09997
2 43641 97.8864 124.8452 0001395 81.5321 278.6050 14.82142563435620
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
October 7th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
National Space Activities Commission (CONAE)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
INVAP
Launch mass
1,650
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.8864°
Period
97.16
min
Perigee
622
km
Apogee
624
km
Eccentricity
0.0001395
RAAN
124.8452°
Arg of Perigee
81.5321°
Mean Motion
14.82142563
rev/d