Key statistics
Satellite PICOSAT 3 at a glance.
Uptime
9348
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: 98.739 minutes
Inclination: 100.2035 deg
SMA: 7076.495 km
Apoapsis: 716.452 km
Periapsis: 680.268 km
RAAN: 285.3866 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00255661
Argument of periapsis: 84.2373 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.1733 deg
Mean motion: 14.58395975 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003235 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00070904411 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, 10:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 3
TLE line 1: 1 26091U 00004J 25242.92586322 .00003235 00000-0 70904-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 26091 100.2035 285.3866 0025566 84.2373 276.1733 14.58395975348099
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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