QUAKESAT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite QUAKESAT 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 QUAKESAT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: QUAKESAT

International designator: 2003-031F

Object number (NORAD): 27845

Object ID (CCSDS): 27845

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.071 minutes

Inclination: 98.6657 deg

SMA: 7187.482 km

Apoapsis: 815.951 km

Periapsis: 802.743 km

RAAN: 352.2181 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0009188

Argument of periapsis: 33.7627 deg

Mean anomaly: 326.4136 deg

Mean motion: 14.24746522 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000076 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00034491 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 12:25 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 QUAKESAT

TLE line 1: 1 27845U 03031F 25346.01761602 .00000760 00000-0 34491-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 27845 98.6657 352.2181 0009188 33.7627 326.4136 14.24746522164952

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite QUAKESAT.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object QUAKESAT.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2025-12-10 22:38:06 0.0008842266 403.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-11-10 22:55:31 0.0003696493 552.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-08-23 18:28:27 0.0002062148 580.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-06-19 11:40:35 0.0007849901 677.0 (m) DEBRIS
THOR BURNER 2 R/B SSO 2025-04-20 03:21:36 0.00278202 74.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

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

QUAKESAT 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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