Key statistics
Satellite PARASOL at a glance.
Uptime
7444
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: 97.721 minutes
Inclination: 98.4878 deg
SMA: 7027.783 km
Apoapsis: 659.146 km
Periapsis: 640.149 km
RAAN: 293.0546 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013516
Argument of periapsis: 230.2352 deg
Mean anomaly: 129.7664 deg
Mean motion: 14.73585282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001646 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026112 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PARASOL
TLE line 1: 1 28498U 04049G 25125.88894768 .00001646 00000-0 26112-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 28498 98.4878 293.0546 0013516 230.2352 129.7664 14.73585282 89231
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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