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Orbit:
#26716 @ 466 x 476 km x 97.2658 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-07 02:30 UTC
·
20.3 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
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Current TLE
// onowactive
ION SCV-004
1 50993U 22002K 26311.10432046 .00005162 00000-0 17138-3 0 09992
2 50993 97.2658 6.0408 0006671 189.8930 170.2182 15.31636169267165
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
January 13th 2022
Spacecraft age
4 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Planet Labs, Inc.
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Planet Labs, Inc.
Launch mass
6
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.2658°
Period
94.02
min
Perigee
466
km
Apogee
476
km
Eccentricity
0.0006671
RAAN
6.0408°
Arg of Perigee
189.893°
Mean Motion
15.31636169
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