Latitude
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QUETZAL-1
NORAD 45598 · COSPAR 1998-067RL · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
QUETZAL-1 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 4 years ago).
Orbit: #10462 @ 158 x 160 km x 51.6159 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2022-02-27 06:19 UTC · 40866.2 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
QUETZAL-1
1 45598U 98067RL 22058.26358165 .11674468 12483-4 61790-3 0 9999
2 45598 51.6159 103.9349 0001315 314.4869 45.6051 16.42508540104623
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 45598U 98067RL 22058.26358165 .11674468 12483-4 61790-3 0 9999
2 45598 51.6159 103.9349 0001315 314.4869 45.6051 16.42508540104623
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
April 28th 2020
Spacecraft age
6 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
International Space Station
Launch vehicle
J-SSOD Deployer
Contractor
KiboCUBE program, collaboration btwn UNOOSA, JAXA, Univ. del Valle de Guatemala, UK Space Agency, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Chile, TEC Costa Rica, Univ. of Würzburg, others.
Launch mass
1 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
51.6159°
Period
87.67 min
Perigee
158 km
Apogee
160 km
Eccentricity
0.0001315
RAAN
103.9349°
Arg of Perigee
314.4869°
Mean Motion
16.4250854 rev/d