Key statistics
Satellite JAWSAT at a glance.
Uptime
9348
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for JAWSAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: JAWSAT
International designator: 2000-004A
Object number (NORAD): 26061
Object ID (CCSDS): 26061
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.687 minutes
Inclination: 100.1885 deg
SMA: 7121.725 km
Apoapsis: 766.337 km
Periapsis: 720.843 km
RAAN: 184.8752 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00319404
Argument of periapsis: 341.2283 deg
Mean anomaly: 18.7722 deg
Mean motion: 14.44524673 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001266 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000381634 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 JAWSAT
TLE line 1: 1 26061U 00004A 25242.79945607 .00001266 00000-0 38163-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 26061 100.1885 184.8752 0031940 341.2283 18.7722 14.44524673344991
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite JAWSAT.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object JAWSAT.
Associated space launch
The JAWSAT (Joint Air Force Academy / Weber State University Satellite) project was developed by students working alongside aerospace professionals. Initially designed with a pulsed-plasma thruster to train Air Force Academy cadets (see JAWSAT), the mission has since evolved to include the efforts of several universities, local aerospace companies, the Air Force Academy, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and NASA. Utilizing breakthrough technologies, JAWSAT deployed four satellites when it reached orbit. The onboard imaging system recorded the deployment of each payload with its six digital cameras. The first free-flying Academy satellite, FalconSat-1 carried the CHAWS (Charging Hazards and Wake Studies) experiment developed by the Physics Department at the Academy.
JAWSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Minotaur I | JAWSAT & FalconSat 1’, on board a Minotaur I space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 27, 2000, 3:03 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 8.
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Minotaur I | JAWSAT & FalconSat 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 27, 2000, 3:03 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Minotaur I
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 8
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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