Key statistics
Satellite TOMS EP at a glance.
Uptime
10657
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: 98.678 minutes
Inclination: 98.4819 deg
SMA: 7073.599 km
Apoapsis: 714.25 km
Periapsis: 676.678 km
RAAN: 43.9379 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00265581
Argument of periapsis: 11.4576 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.7222 deg
Mean motion: 14.59291795 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001312 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028683475 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 12:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TOMS EP
TLE line 1: 1 23940U 96037A 25247.04078335 .00001312 00000-0 28683-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 23940 98.4819 43.9379 0026558 11.4576 348.7222 14.59291795550284
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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