CAPE-3

NORAD 47309 · COSPAR 2021-002A · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

CAPE-3 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #17255 @ 174 x 184 km x 60.6389 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-02-17 15:25 UTC Â· 23192.4 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

CAPE-3
1 47309U 21002A 24048.64259901 .07769385 99640-5 99964-3 0 9990
2 47309 60.6389 167.2141 0007836 353.3603 6.7431 16.35172971172559

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 17th 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 8 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

FANTM-RAiL [Xtenti]

Launch vehicle

LauncherOne

Contractor

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Launch mass

1 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

60.6389Â°

Period

88.06 min

Perigee

174 km

Apogee

184 km

Eccentricity

0.0007836

RAAN

167.2141Â°

Arg of Perigee

353.3603Â°

Mean Motion

16.35172971 rev/d