Key statistics
Satellite CUTE-1 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 CUTE-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CUTE-1
International designator: 2003-031E
Object number (NORAD): 27844
Object ID (CCSDS): 27844
Country: JAPAN (JPN)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.111 minutes
Inclination: 98.6766 deg
SMA: 7189.392 km
Apoapsis: 818.305 km
Periapsis: 804.21 km
RAAN: 352.2176 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00098023
Argument of periapsis: 14.7148 deg
Mean anomaly: 345.4314 deg
Mean motion: 14.24178684 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000597 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027783035 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, 7:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CUTE-1
TLE line 1: 1 27844U 03031E 25346.30898242 .00000597 00000-0 27783-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 27844 98.6766 352.2176 0009802 14.7148 345.4314 14.24178684165077
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CUTE-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.
CUTE-1 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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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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