Latitude
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LIGHTSAIL
NORAD 44420 · COSPAR 2019-036AC · INACTIVE TLE
Orbit: #17990 @ 348 x 385 km x 23.9883 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2022-11-16 00:06 UTC · 34485.6 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
LIGHTSAIL 2
1 44420U 19036AC 22320.00463817 .06035209 00000+0 44554-1 0 9998
2 44420 23.9883 192.8403 0026944 276.6165 212.0548 15.67402264179909
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 44420U 19036AC 22320.00463817 .06035209 00000+0 44554-1 0 9998
2 44420 23.9883 192.8403 0026944 276.6165 212.0548 15.67402264179909
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 25th 2019
Spacecraft age
7 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
The Planetary Society
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Contractor
The Planetary Society
Launch mass
1 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
23.9883°
Period
91.87 min
Perigee
348 km
Apogee
385 km
Eccentricity
0.0026944
RAAN
192.8403°
Arg of Perigee
276.6165°
Mean Motion
15.67402264 rev/d