FAISAT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FAISAT at a glance.

Uptime

11180

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.7

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for FAISAT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: FAISAT

International designator: 1995-002C

Object number (NORAD): 23465

Object ID (CCSDS): 23465

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.956 minutes

Inclination: 82.9239 deg

SMA: 7370.511 km

Apoapsis: 1019.036 km

Periapsis: 965.715 km

RAAN: 235.3687 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0036172

Argument of periapsis: 244.1552 deg

Mean anomaly: 178.3456 deg

Mean motion: 13.72007167 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000063 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000053457327 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FAISAT

TLE line 1: 1 23465U 95002C 25245.93349751 .00000063 00000-0 53457-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 23465 82.9239 235.3687 0036172 244.1552 178.3456 13.72007167532469

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite FAISAT.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object FAISAT.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-11-21 21:41:27 0.0002484507 281.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-09-05 23:09:07 0.0001070237 220.0 (m) DEBRIS
SCOUT X-4 DEB LEO 2024-06-01 22:55:54 0.0001806345 209.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

FAISAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Jan. 24, 1995, 3:54 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20
Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Jan. 24, 1995, 3:54 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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