Key statistics
Satellite COBE DEB at a glance.
Uptime
13069
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COBE DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COBE DEB
International designator: 1989-089C
Object number (NORAD): 20324
Object ID (CCSDS): 20324
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.391 minutes
Inclination: 98.7045 deg
SMA: 7202.681 km
Apoapsis: 832.137 km
Periapsis: 816.956 km
RAAN: 251.7297 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00105387
Argument of periapsis: 260.4116 deg
Mean anomaly: 168.0091 deg
Mean motion: 14.20239053 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000951 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00046520615 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 10:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COBE DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20324U 89089C 25241.95251475 .00000951 00000-0 46521-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 20324 98.7045 251.7297 0010539 260.4116 168.0091 14.20239053844186
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COBE DEB.
Associated space launch
Cosmology research satellite
COBE DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta 5920-8 | COBE’, on board a Delta 5920-8 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 18, 1989, 2:34 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta 5920-8 | COBE
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 18, 1989, 2:34 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta 5920-8
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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