Key statistics
Satellite PICOSAT 5 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 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PICOSAT 5
International designator: 2000-004L
Object number (NORAD): 26093
Object ID (CCSDS): 26093
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.436 minutes
Inclination: 100.1819 deg
SMA: 7062.017 km
Apoapsis: 700.846 km
Periapsis: 666.918 km
RAAN: 316.9386 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0024021
Argument of periapsis: 356.6842 deg
Mean anomaly: 3.419 deg
Mean motion: 14.62883073 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004046 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00080118485 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, 10:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 5
TLE line 1: 1 26093U 00004L 25242.45227341 .00004046 00000-0 80118-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 26093 100.1819 316.9386 0024021 356.6842 3.4190 14.62883073349905
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PICOSAT 5.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PICOSAT 5.
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 5 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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