Key statistics
Satellite ALOUETTE 2 at a glance.
Uptime
21881
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.3
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
79.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ALOUETTE 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ALOUETTE 2
International designator: 1965-098A
Object number (NORAD): 1804
Object ID (CCSDS): 1804
Country: CANADA (CA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 117.261 minutes
Inclination: 79.7957 deg
SMA: 7935.879 km
Apoapsis: 2614.108 km
Periapsis: 501.38 km
RAAN: 115.9613 deg
Eccentricy: 0.13311244
Argument of periapsis: 347.5138 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.572 deg
Mean motion: 12.28033461 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000495 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016220217 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 9:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALOUETTE 2
TLE line 1: 1 01804U 65098A 25298.89730657 .00000495 00000-0 16220-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 01804 79.7957 115.9613 1331124 347.5138 9.5720 12.28033461650511
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ALOUETTE 2.
Associated space launch
Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep-frequency ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle experiment, a cosmic noise experiment, and an electrostatic probe.
ALOUETTE 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2’, on board a Thor SLV-2 Agena B space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 29, 1965, 4:48 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 2E.
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Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 29, 1965, 4:48 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor SLV-2 Agena B
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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