Key statistics
Satellite ALOUETTE 2 at a glance.
Uptime
21831
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: 117.27 minutes
Inclination: 79.8033 deg
SMA: 7936.31 km
Apoapsis: 2614.878 km
Periapsis: 501.472 km
RAAN: 159.928 deg
Eccentricy: 0.13314793
Argument of periapsis: 92.3057 deg
Mean anomaly: 283.0639 deg
Mean motion: 12.27933482 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001226 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039723427 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALOUETTE 2
TLE line 1: 1 01804U 65098A 25247.16710640 .00001226 00000-0 39723-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 01804 79.8033 159.9280 1331479 92.3057 283.0639 12.27933482644166
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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