PROMETHEUS

NORAD 47345 · COSPAR 2021-002N · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

PROMETHEUS 2-8 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #12671 @ 204 x 220 km x 60.6497 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-04-26 18:24 UTC Â· 30285.9 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

PROMETHEUS 2-8
1 47345U 21002N 23116.76730452 .05146388 96755-5 20891-2 0 9999
2 47345 60.6497 220.6413 0011609 319.4891 40.5378 16.22737801126718

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

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

FANTM-RAiL (Xtenti)

Launch vehicle

LauncherOne

Contractor

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Launch mass

2 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

60.6497Â°

Period

88.74 min

Perigee

204 km

Apogee

220 km

Eccentricity

0.0011609

RAAN

220.6413Â°

Arg of Perigee

319.4891Â°

Mean Motion

16.22737801 rev/d