AQUA
NORAD 27424 · 2002-022A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2002-05-04
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 7.84
Purposes: earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-13T04:39:03.156192Z
- Period
- 98.48 min
- Inclination
- 98.4387°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001619
- Mean motion
- 14.62199443 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 684.9 km
- Apogee alt
- 687.2 km
- Semi-major
- 7,064.2 km
- B*
- 1.1045e-4
- RAAN
- 227.2811°
- Arg perigee
- 69.1303°
- Mean anomaly
- 347.9773°
- Rev number
- 29,613
§ Raw data
AQUA1 27424U 02022A 26256.19378653 .00000507 00000+0 11045-3 0 99932 27424 98.4387 227.2811 0001619 69.1303 347.9773 14.62199443296136
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/27424 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPSK | S-band telemetry | 2.288 GHz | — |
| SQPSK | X-band downlink [SQPSK, RHCP, 255/223] Transmitter | 8.160 GHz | — |
2 transmitters · refreshed weekly from db.satnogs.org