Latitude
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MANDRAKE
NORAD 48907 · COSPAR 2021-059AE · ACTIVE
Orbit: #29772 @ 384 x 389 km x 97.6921 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-27 12:25 UTC · 31 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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MANDRAKE 2 ABLE
1 48907U 21059AE 26300.51759967 .00020270 00000-0 24824-3 0 09999
2 48907 97.6921 140.9058 0003394 204.3011 155.8086 15.60406333297722
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 48907U 21059AE 26300.51759967 .00020270 00000-0 24824-3 0 09999
2 48907 97.6921 140.9058 0003394 204.3011 155.8086 15.60406333297722
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 30th 2021
Spacecraft age
5 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Astro Digital/SA Photonics
Launch mass
23 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.6921°
Period
92.28 min
Perigee
384 km
Apogee
389 km
Eccentricity
0.0003394
RAAN
140.9058°
Arg of Perigee
204.3011°
Mean Motion
15.60406333 rev/d