FORTE
NORAD 24920 · 1997-047A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 1997-08-29
- Launch site
- WRAS
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 1.35
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-26T22:41:17.099520Z
- Period
- 100.84 min
- Inclination
- 69.9525°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020127
- Mean motion
- 14.27977880 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 784.1 km
- Apogee alt
- 812.9 km
- Semi-major
- 7,176.6 km
- B*
- 7.5321e-5
- RAAN
- 144.1727°
- Arg perigee
- 145.5844°
- Mean anomaly
- 214.6586°
- Rev number
- 51,321
§ Raw data
FORTE1 24920U 97047A 26269.94533680 .00000129 00000+0 75321-4 0 99902 24920 69.9525 144.1727 0020127 145.5844 214.6586 14.27977880513211
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/24920 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW | CW | 401.568 MHz | — |
| BPSK | TLM U | 401.570 MHz | — |
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