MOST

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite MOST at a glance.

Uptime

8202

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.7

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for MOST.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: MOST

International designator: 2003-031D

Object number (NORAD): 27843

Object ID (CCSDS): 27843

Country: CANADA (CA)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.318 minutes

Inclination: 98.7068 deg

SMA: 7199.198 km

Apoapsis: 828.915 km

Periapsis: 813.211 km

RAAN: 351.6328 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00109065

Argument of periapsis: 74.0144 deg

Mean anomaly: 286.2234 deg

Mean motion: 14.21270013 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000166 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000096273285 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, 7:19 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 MOST

TLE line 1: 1 27843U 03031D 25346.30495193 .00000166 00000-0 96273-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 27843 98.7068 351.6328 0010906 74.0144 286.2234 14.21270013164164

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite MOST.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.

MOST was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.

The launch took place on June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa
Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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