Key statistics
Satellite QUAKESAT at a glance.
Uptime
8040
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: 101.086 minutes
Inclination: 98.6649 deg
SMA: 7188.201 km
Apoapsis: 816.992 km
Periapsis: 803.14 km
RAAN: 193.2691 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009635
Argument of periapsis: 130.4224 deg
Mean anomaly: 229.7797 deg
Mean motion: 14.24532861 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000319 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015613 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 11:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QUAKESAT
TLE line 1: 1 27845U 03031F 25184.97180210 .00000319 00000-0 15613-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 27845 98.6649 193.2691 0009635 130.4224 229.7797 14.24532861142028
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.
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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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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