Latitude
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MINXSS-2
NORAD 43758 · COSPAR 2018-099A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #43452 @ 391 x 400 km x 97.4413 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-26 17:13 UTC · 16.9 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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MINXSS-2
1 43758U 18099A 26299.71773344 .00041266 00000-0 56522-3 0 09990
2 43758 97.4413 20.6901 0006254 138.9981 221.1745 15.57265067434525
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43758U 18099A 26299.71773344 .00041266 00000-0 56522-3 0 09990
2 43758 97.4413 20.6901 0006254 138.9981 221.1745 15.57265067434525
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
December 3rd 2018
Spacecraft age
7 years, 10 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
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Operator
University of Colorado, Boulder
Purpose
Space Science
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Student-built
Launch mass
4 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.4413°
Period
92.47 min
Perigee
391 km
Apogee
400 km
Eccentricity
0.0006254
RAAN
20.6901°
Arg of Perigee
138.9981°
Mean Motion
15.57265067 rev/d