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: 2026-09-18T05:40:47.135424Z
- Period
- 1,109.01 min
- Inclination
- 79.9864°
- Eccentricity
- 0.6565887
- Mean motion
- 1.29845729 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 5,809.8 km
- Apogee alt
- 52,415.6 km
- Semi-major
- 35,490.9 km
- B*
- 0.0000e+0
- RAAN
- 225.9326°
- Arg perigee
- 205.8914°
- Mean anomaly
- 96.3393°
- Rev number
- 14,606
§ Raw data
POLAR1 23802U 96013A 26261.23665666 .00000151 00000+0 00000+0 0 99962 23802 79.9864 225.9326 6565887 205.8914 96.3393 1.29845729146060
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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