Key statistics
Satellite ORBCOMM FM 26 at a glance.
Uptime
9891
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
45.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ORBCOMM FM 26.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ORBCOMM FM 26
International designator: 1998-053F
Object number (NORAD): 25480
Object ID (CCSDS): 25480
Country: ORBITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE (GLOBALSTAR) (ORB)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.179 minutes
Inclination: 45.0081 deg
SMA: 7145.161 km
Apoapsis: 772.457 km
Periapsis: 761.595 km
RAAN: 26.627 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00076007
Argument of periapsis: 184.9378 deg
Mean anomaly: 175.1396 deg
Mean motion: 14.3742353 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001744 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062486544 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ORBCOMM FM 26
TLE line 1: 1 25480U 98053F 25294.31097745 .00001744 00000-0 62487-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 25480 45.0081 26.6270 0007601 184.9378 175.1396 14.37423530415796
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ORBCOMM FM 26.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ORBCOMM FM 26.
Associated space launch
ORBCOMM FM 26 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-C1 - C8’, on board a Pegasus XL HAPS space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 23, 1998, 5:06 a.m. from Wallops Flight Facility.
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Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-C1 - C8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 23, 1998, 5:06 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL HAPS
Launch pad: Wallops Flight Facility
Location: Air launch to orbit
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