POLAR
NORAD 23802 · 1996-013A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 1996-02-24
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 6.03
Purposes: science
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-25T22:32:31.618176Z
- Period
- 1,109.01 min
- Inclination
- 80.0113°
- Eccentricity
- 0.6566233
- Mean motion
- 1.29845792 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 5,808.6 km
- Apogee alt
- 52,416.9 km
- Semi-major
- 35,490.9 km
- B*
- 0.0000e+0
- RAAN
- 225.8418°
- Arg perigee
- 205.5949°
- Mean anomaly
- 97.1375°
- Rev number
- 14,616
§ Raw data
POLAR1 23802U 96013A 26268.93925484 .00000117 00000+0 00000+0 0 99992 23802 80.0113 225.8418 6566233 205.5949 97.1375 1.29845792146162
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/23802 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Mode S | 2.265 GHz | — |
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