PICOSAT 3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite PICOSAT 3 at a glance.

Uptime

9395

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

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 PICOSAT 3.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: PICOSAT 3

International designator: 2000-004J

Object number (NORAD): 26091

Object ID (CCSDS): 26091

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.719 minutes

Inclination: 100.197 deg

SMA: 7075.574 km

Apoapsis: 714.415 km

Periapsis: 680.464 km

RAAN: 342.9627 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00239916

Argument of periapsis: 306.345 deg

Mean anomaly: 53.5528 deg

Mean motion: 14.58680616 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000347 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00075535149 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 17, 2025, 2:15 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 10 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 3

TLE line 1: 1 26091U 00004J 25289.91696958 .00003470 00000-0 75535-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 26091 100.1970 342.9627 0023992 306.3450 53.5528 14.58680616354945

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite PICOSAT 3.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PICOSAT 3.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-04-25 04:10:25 0.0002059332 567.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-01-21 05:11:30 0.0001403199 571.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-01-05 19:36:11 0.0001009875 532.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

PICOSAT 3 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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Launch to space Minotaur I | JAWSAT & FalconSat 1
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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