Key statistics
Satellite PICOSAT 4 at a glance.
Uptime
9395
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 PICOSAT 4.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PICOSAT 4
International designator: 2000-004K
Object number (NORAD): 26092
Object ID (CCSDS): 26092
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.433 minutes
Inclination: 100.1996 deg
SMA: 7109.648 km
Apoapsis: 754.457 km
Periapsis: 708.569 km
RAAN: 260.9179 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00322721
Argument of periapsis: 122.0524 deg
Mean anomaly: 238.3804 deg
Mean motion: 14.48206885 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001566 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00043357472 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, 5:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 4
TLE line 1: 1 26092U 00004K 25289.74008924 .00001566 00000-0 43357-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 26092 100.1996 260.9179 0032272 122.0524 238.3804 14.48206885351095
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Real-time ground track for satellite PICOSAT 4.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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 4 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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