Key statistics
Satellite PICOSAT 9 at a glance.
Uptime
8784
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
67.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PICOSAT 9.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PICOSAT 9
International designator: 2001-043B
Object number (NORAD): 26930
Object ID (CCSDS): 26930
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.595 minutes
Inclination: 66.9991 deg
SMA: 7164.898 km
Apoapsis: 788.346 km
Periapsis: 785.18 km
RAAN: 92.3428 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00022094
Argument of periapsis: 277.1757 deg
Mean anomaly: 82.9093 deg
Mean motion: 14.31488123 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000206 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010879039 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 10:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICOSAT 9
TLE line 1: 1 26930U 01043B 25290.93508494 .00000206 00000-0 10879-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 26930 66.9991 92.3428 0002209 277.1757 82.9093 14.31488123256053
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PICOSAT 9.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PICOSAT 9.
Associated space launch
Research (Atmospheric density) satellite built by Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for NASA, USA.
PICOSAT 9 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Athena I | Starshine-OSCAR-43’, on board a Athena I space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 30, 2001, 2:40 a.m. from Launch Pad 1.
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Athena I | Starshine-OSCAR-43
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 30, 2001, 2:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Athena I
Launch pad: Launch Pad 1
Location: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
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