Key statistics
Satellite TAURUS DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10114
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 TAURUS DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: TAURUS DEB
International designator: 1998-007E
Object number (NORAD): 25161
Object ID (CCSDS): 25161
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.841 minutes
Inclination: 107.9958 deg
SMA: 7176.569 km
Apoapsis: 838.676 km
Periapsis: 758.191 km
RAAN: 304.6587 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0056075
Argument of periapsis: 108.4997 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.2009 deg
Mean motion: 14.27997675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000674 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00031837457 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 12:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TAURUS DEB
TLE line 1: 1 25161U 98007E 25293.03051566 .00000674 00000-0 31837-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 25161 107.9958 304.6587 0056075 108.4997 273.2009 14.27997675439196
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TAURUS DEB.
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.
TAURUS DEB 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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