FACSAT-1

NORAD 43721 · COSPAR 2018-096C · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

FACSAT-1 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #25206 @ 174 x 196 km x 97.295 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-06-01 05:43 UTC Â· 29859.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

FACSAT-1
1 43721U 18096C 23152.23867692 .05883969 24456-5 99677-3 0 9992
2 43721 97.2950 244.0408 0016894 270.5903 89.3457 16.32723665252069

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

November 29th 2018

Spacecraft age

7 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Colombian Air Force

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Contractor

GomSpace

Launch mass

5 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.295Â°

Period

88.2 min

Perigee

174 km

Apogee

196 km

Eccentricity

0.0016894

RAAN

244.0408Â°

Arg of Perigee

270.5903Â°

Mean Motion

16.32723665 rev/d