Key statistics
Satellite GFO at a glance.
Uptime
10069
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
108.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GFO.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GFO
International designator: 1998-007A
Object number (NORAD): 25157
Object ID (CCSDS): 25157
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.165 minutes
Inclination: 108.0208 deg
SMA: 6807.629 km
Apoapsis: 480.347 km
Periapsis: 378.641 km
RAAN: 163.6381 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00746995
Argument of periapsis: 216.8709 deg
Mean anomaly: 142.7338 deg
Mean motion: 15.45642099 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00034652 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00064784576 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, 12:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GFO
TLE line 1: 1 25157U 98007A 25247.03289932 .00034652 00000-0 64785-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 25157 108.0208 163.6381 0074700 216.8709 142.7338 15.45642099481848
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GFO.
Associated space launch
The US Navy GFO (Geosat Follow On), is a 369 kg minisatellite based on the Techstar platform to carry on the mission of Geosat. It was launched on the 10th February 1998 on a Taurus-2210 from VAFB alongside two Orbcomm satellites, into a 789 × 881 km (779 × 790 km planned) 108 degree inclined orbit.
GFO was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Taurus 2210 | GFO’, on board a Minotaur-C 2210 space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 10, 1998, 1:20 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 576E.
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Taurus 2210 | GFO
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 10, 1998, 1:20 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Minotaur-C 2210
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 576E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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