Key statistics
Satellite GEOSAT at a glance.
Uptime
14665
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
108.1
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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: 100.024 minutes
Inclination: 108.0589 deg
SMA: 7137.77 km
Apoapsis: 760.631 km
Periapsis: 758.639 km
RAAN: 315.042 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001395
Argument of periapsis: 275.8531 deg
Mean anomaly: 84.2451 deg
Mean motion: 14.3965664 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000321 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014586 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 12:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GEOSAT
TLE line 1: 1 15595U 85021A 25126.50089231 .00000321 00000-0 14586-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 15595 108.0589 315.0420 0001395 275.8531 84.2451 14.39656640104230
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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