Key statistics
Satellite FORTE at a glance.
Uptime
10173
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
70.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FORTE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FORTE
International designator: 1997-047A
Object number (NORAD): 24920
Object ID (CCSDS): 24920
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.86 minutes
Inclination: 69.9538 deg
SMA: 7177.484 km
Apoapsis: 814.358 km
Periapsis: 784.341 km
RAAN: 77.1913 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002091
Argument of periapsis: 24.7792 deg
Mean anomaly: 335.4329 deg
Mean motion: 14.2772437 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000165 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00009005 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FORTE
TLE line 1: 1 24920U 97047A 25186.39546786 .00000165 00000-0 90050-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 24920 69.9538 77.1913 0020910 24.7792 335.4329 14.27724370449182
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Real-time ground track for satellite FORTE.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
FORTE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE)’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 29, 1997, 3:02 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 10E.
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Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 29, 1997, 3:02 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 10E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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