Key statistics
Satellite LAGEOS 2 at a glance.
Uptime
11886
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 6.5
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
52.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for LAGEOS 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: LAGEOS 2
International designator: 1992-070B
Object number (NORAD): 22195
Object ID (CCSDS): 22195
Country: ITALY (IT)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 222.465 minutes
Inclination: 52.6371 deg
SMA: 12161.88 km
Apoapsis: 5950.592 km
Periapsis: 5616.899 km
RAAN: 164.4699 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0137188
Argument of periapsis: 8.926 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.9463 deg
Mean motion: 6.47294155 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 5:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 LAGEOS 2
TLE line 1: 1 22195U 92070B 25125.23294426 -.00000009 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 22195 52.6371 164.4699 0137188 8.9260 23.9463 6.47294155769010
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite LAGEOS 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Columbia, and was launched on 22 October 1992.
LAGEOS 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52’, on board a Space Shuttle space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. from Launch Complex 39B.
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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39B
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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