Key statistics
Satellite TOMS EP at a glance.
Uptime
10703
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TOMS EP.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TOMS EP
International designator: 1996-037A
Object number (NORAD): 23940
Object ID (CCSDS): 23940
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.669 minutes
Inclination: 98.4874 deg
SMA: 7073.191 km
Apoapsis: 713.173 km
Periapsis: 676.939 km
RAAN: 91.8737 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00256138
Argument of periapsis: 222.2958 deg
Mean anomaly: 137.6266 deg
Mean motion: 14.59417927 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001668 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036112251 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TOMS EP
TLE line 1: 1 23940U 96037A 25293.93857474 .00001668 00000-0 36112-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 23940 98.4874 91.8737 0025614 222.2958 137.6266 14.59417927557123
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TOMS EP.
Associated space launch
TOMS EP was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.
The launch took place on July 2, 1996, 7:48 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Pegasus XL | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 2, 1996, 7:48 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Launch pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base
Location: Air launch to orbit
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