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: 2026-09-20T03:18:10.660032Z
- Period
- 102.88 min
- Inclination
- 69.9743°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007837
- Mean motion
- 13.99620997 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 889.4 km
- Apogee alt
- 900.8 km
- Semi-major
- 7,273.2 km
- B*
- 5.7054e-5
- RAAN
- 156.3658°
- Arg perigee
- 331.9967°
- Mean anomaly
- 28.0718°
- Rev number
- 2,349
§ Raw data
SURCAL 1591 02872U 67053F 26263.13762338 .00000030 00000+0 57054-4 0 99992 02872 69.9743 156.3658 0007837 331.9967 28.0718 13.99620997 23495
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/2872 · /tle
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