Latitude
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PLEIADES
NORAD 48268 · COSPAR 2021-034A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #29929 @ 623 x 625 km x 97.8957 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-10 07:49 UTC · 15.6 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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PLEIADES NEO 3
1 48268U 21034A 26314.32587564 .00000126 00000-0 22594-4 0 09999
2 48268 97.8957 26.9929 0001428 91.0165 269.1212 14.81672817299298
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 48268U 21034A 26314.32587564 .00000126 00000-0 22594-4 0 09999
2 48268 97.8957 26.9929 0001428 91.0165 269.1212 14.81672817299298
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
April 29th 2021
Spacecraft age
5 years, 6 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Airbus Defense and Space
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Vega
Contractor
Airbus Defense and Space
Launch mass
920 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.8957°
Period
97.19 min
Perigee
623 km
Apogee
625 km
Eccentricity
0.0001428
RAAN
26.9929°
Arg of Perigee
91.0165°
Mean Motion
14.81672817 rev/d