SURCAL 159
NORAD 2872 · 1967-053F
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 1967-05-31
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 0.32
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-13T03:12:50.127264Z
- Period
- 102.89 min
- Inclination
- 69.9745°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007456
- Mean motion
- 13.99619626 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 889.7 km
- Apogee alt
- 900.5 km
- Semi-major
- 7,273.2 km
- B*
- 7.1975e-5
- RAAN
- 171.4462°
- Arg perigee
- 339.3114°
- Mean anomaly
- 20.7691°
- Rev number
- 2,251
§ Raw data
SURCAL 1591 02872U 67053F 26256.13391351 .00000052 00000+0 71975-4 0 99962 02872 69.9745 171.4462 0007456 339.3114 20.7691 13.99619626 22519
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/2872 · /tle
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