Key statistics
Satellite PARASOL at a glance.
Uptime
7568
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PARASOL.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PARASOL
International designator: 2004-049G
Object number (NORAD): 28498
Object ID (CCSDS): 28498
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.703 minutes
Inclination: 98.4978 deg
SMA: 7026.939 km
Apoapsis: 658.61 km
Periapsis: 638.998 km
RAAN: 62.8722 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00139547
Argument of periapsis: 197.1281 deg
Mean anomaly: 162.9456 deg
Mean motion: 14.73850742 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001935 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030356444 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PARASOL
TLE line 1: 1 28498U 04049G 25249.93538098 .00001935 00000-0 30356-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 28498 98.4978 62.8722 0013955 197.1281 162.9456 14.73850742107504
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PARASOL.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PARASOL.
Associated space launch
Helios and Essaim are French miltary satellites for observation of Earth. Parasol is an Earth Observation research satellite.Nanosat 01 is a small technologu demonstator for the spanish space agency INTA.
PARASOL was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 G+ | Helios 2A, Essaim 1, 2, 3, 4, PARASOL, Nanosat 01’, on board a Ariane 5 G+ space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 18, 2004, 4:26 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.
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Ariane 5 G+ | Helios 2A, Essaim 1, 2, 3, 4, PARASOL, Nanosat 01
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 18, 2004, 4:26 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Ariane 5 G+
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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