TROPICS

NORAD 48901 · COSPAR 2021-059Y · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

TROPICS PATHFINDER reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #17188 @ 145 x 164 km x 97.5927 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-07-26 16:28 UTC Â· 19658.5 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

TROPICS PATHFINDER
1 48901U 21059Y 24208.68666645 .13840528 26950-5 37603-3 0 9992
2 48901 97.5927 6.8243 0014427 271.5101 88.4547 16.44313274171887

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

June 30th 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

MIT/Goddard Space Flight Center

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.5927Â°

Period

87.57 min

Perigee

145 km

Apogee

164 km

Eccentricity

0.0014427

RAAN

6.8243Â°

Arg of Perigee

271.5101Â°

Mean Motion

16.44313274 rev/d