Key statistics
Satellite THOR AGENA B DEB at a glance.
Uptime
21771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
79.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for THOR AGENA B DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: THOR AGENA B DEB
International designator: 1965-098F
Object number (NORAD): 1948
Object ID (CCSDS): 1948
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.1 minutes
Inclination: 79.846 deg
SMA: 7424.006 km
Apoapsis: 1614.8 km
Periapsis: 476.941 km
RAAN: 276.8695 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0766338
Argument of periapsis: 38.5388 deg
Mean anomaly: 326.7975 deg
Mean motion: 13.57204599 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00057265 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 THOR AGENA B DEB
TLE line 1: 1 01948U 65098F 25188.72675083 .00003092 00000-0 57265-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 01948 79.8460 276.8695 0766338 38.5388 326.7975 13.57204599762378
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite THOR AGENA B DEB.
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.
THOR AGENA B DEB 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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