Key statistics
Satellite SURFSAT at a glance.
Uptime
10838
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SURFSAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SURFSAT
International designator: 1995-059B
Object number (NORAD): 23711
Object ID (CCSDS): 23711
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.686 minutes
Inclination: 100.5319 deg
SMA: 7590.348 km
Apoapsis: 1491.554 km
Periapsis: 932.873 km
RAAN: 215.0764 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0368021
Argument of periapsis: 157.7698 deg
Mean anomaly: 280.2023 deg
Mean motion: 13.12835166 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000060656 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SURFSAT
TLE line 1: 1 23711U 95059B 25187.91373568 -.00000013 00000-0 60656-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 23711 100.5319 215.0764 0368021 157.7698 280.2023 13.12835166421788
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SURFSAT.
Associated space launch
Radarsat 1, a Canadian-led international program and a major part of the overall Canadian Space Agency (CSA) program, is Canada's first remote-sensing satellite.
SURFSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Radarsat’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 4, 1995, 2:22 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Radarsat
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 4, 1995, 2:22 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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