TAURUS R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TAURUS R/B at a glance.

Uptime

9773

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

85.1

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for TAURUS R/B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TAURUS R/B

International designator: 1998-055B

Object number (NORAD): 25490

Object ID (CCSDS): 25490

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.877 minutes

Inclination: 85.0684 deg

SMA: 7035.266 km

Apoapsis: 667.045 km

Periapsis: 647.217 km

RAAN: 94.6851 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014092

Argument of periapsis: 340.3692 deg

Mean anomaly: 19.6977 deg

Mean motion: 14.71234739 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000414 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000063017 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 7:09 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TAURUS R/B

TLE line 1: 1 25490U 98055B 25186.79854432 .00000414 00000-0 63017-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 25490 85.0684 94.6851 0014092 340.3692 19.6977 14.71234739434280

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TAURUS R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object TAURUS R/B.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2025-06-26 16:48:26 0.0001318881 78.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-12-01 22:37:08 0.0001083909 372.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-8 DEB * LEO 2024-11-15 18:06:11 0.0001610285 862.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-05-31 03:33:06 0.0001280146 464.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The STEX (Space Technology Experiments) satellite carried 29 new technologies intended to result in lower cost and higher performance spacecraft for future missions.

TAURUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Minotaur | NROL-8’, on board a Minotaur space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 576E.

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Launch to space Minotaur | NROL-8
Minotaur | NROL-8

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 3, 1998, 10:04 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Minotaur

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 576E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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