Key statistics
Satellite PICOSAT 3 at a glance.
Uptime
9452
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: 98.693 minutes
Inclination: 100.1887 deg
SMA: 7074.325 km
Apoapsis: 713.901 km
Periapsis: 678.479 km
RAAN: 51.8524 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00250356
Argument of periapsis: 141.1464 deg
Mean anomaly: 219.1534 deg
Mean motion: 14.59067037 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003818 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00082220701 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:45 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 3
TLE line 1: 1 26091U 00004J 25346.15631302 .00003818 00000-0 82221-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 26091 100.1887 51.8524 0025036 141.1464 219.1534 14.59067037363141
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.
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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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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