Key statistics
Satellite GEOSAT at a glance.
Uptime
14784
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
108.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GEOSAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GEOSAT
International designator: 1985-021A
Object number (NORAD): 15595
Object ID (CCSDS): 15595
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.019 minutes
Inclination: 108.0488 deg
SMA: 7137.536 km
Apoapsis: 760.993 km
Periapsis: 757.81 km
RAAN: 203.3142 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00022297
Argument of periapsis: 266.7089 deg
Mean anomaly: 93.3798 deg
Mean motion: 14.39727422 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000063 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024389344 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 7:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GEOSAT
TLE line 1: 1 15595U 85021A 25245.80296260 .00000630 00000-0 24389-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 15595 108.0488 203.3142 0002230 266.7089 93.3798 14.39727422121404
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GEOSAT.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object GEOSAT.
Associated space launch
Oceanographic radar altimetry satellite designed to obtain mapping of the Earth's geoid
GEOSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas E/OIS | Geosat 1’, on board a Atlas E/OIS space rocket.
The launch took place on March 13, 1985, 2 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas E/OIS | Geosat 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 13, 1985, 2 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas E/OIS
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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