Key statistics
Satellite DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
8041
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB
International designator: 2003-048D
Object number (NORAD): 28080
Object ID (CCSDS): 28080
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.113 minutes
Inclination: 98.5878 deg
SMA: 7142.009 km
Apoapsis: 768.441 km
Periapsis: 759.307 km
RAAN: 288.2513 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006395
Argument of periapsis: 73.0675 deg
Mean anomaly: 287.1213 deg
Mean motion: 14.38375145 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000561 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0018536 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 28080U 03048D 25294.77535610 .00005610 00000-0 18536-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 28080 98.5878 288.2513 0006395 73.0675 287.1213 14.38375145139665
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB.
Associated space launch
The 16th flight of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Block 5D series with a main mission of cloud imagery and MW imaging/temperature/humidity sounding.
DMSP 5D-3 F16 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Titan II SLV | DMSP F-16’, on board a Titan II SLV space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 18, 2003, 4:17 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4W.
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Titan II SLV | DMSP F-16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 18, 2003, 4:17 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Titan II SLV
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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