Latitude
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PLEIADES
NORAD 48268 · COSPAR 2021-034A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #29632 @ 623 x 625 km x 97.8951 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-21 06:26 UTC · 13.2 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 26294.26873242 -.00000311 00000-0 -32920-4 0 09992
2 48268 97.8951 7.2232 0001326 94.0645 266.0719 14.81673730296328
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 48268U 21034A 26294.26873242 -.00000311 00000-0 -32920-4 0 09992
2 48268 97.8951 7.2232 0001326 94.0645 266.0719 14.81673730296328
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
April 29th 2021
Spacecraft age
5 years, 5 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
97.8951°
Period
97.19 min
Perigee
623 km
Apogee
625 km
Eccentricity
0.0001326
RAAN
7.2232°
Arg of Perigee
94.0645°
Mean Motion
14.8167373 rev/d