Key statistics
Satellite MINOTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9348
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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 MINOTAUR DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: MINOTAUR DEB
International designator: 2000-004G
Object number (NORAD): 26079
Object ID (CCSDS): 26079
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.394 minutes
Inclination: 100.2145 deg
SMA: 7107.774 km
Apoapsis: 751.061 km
Periapsis: 708.218 km
RAAN: 220.562 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00301379
Argument of periapsis: 264.2988 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.4741 deg
Mean motion: 14.48779546 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001757 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047939792 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, 8:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 MINOTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 26079U 00004G 25242.86136456 .00001757 00000-0 47940-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 26079 100.2145 220.5620 0030138 264.2988 166.4741 14.48779546345556
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite MINOTAUR DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object MINOTAUR DEB.
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.
MINOTAUR DEB 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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