Key statistics
Satellite OPAL at a glance.
Uptime
9232
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.2
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OPAL.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OPAL
International designator: 2000-004C
Object number (NORAD): 26063
Object ID (CCSDS): 26063
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.156 minutes
Inclination: 100.2192 deg
SMA: 7144.038 km
Apoapsis: 792.039 km
Periapsis: 739.768 km
RAAN: 341.7768 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036584
Argument of periapsis: 107.2579 deg
Mean anomaly: 253.2611 deg
Mean motion: 14.37762327 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000216 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000090669 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:03 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OPAL
TLE line 1: 1 26063U 00004C 25125.33551191 .00000216 00000-0 90669-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 26063 100.2192 341.7768 0036584 107.2579 253.2611 14.37762327324671
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OPAL.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object OPAL.
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.
OPAL 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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