Key statistics
Satellite SSETI-EXPRESS at a glance.
Uptime
7193
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SSETI-EXPRESS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SSETI-EXPRESS
International designator: 2005-043E
Object number (NORAD): 28894
Object ID (CCSDS): 28894
Country: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.309 minutes
Inclination: 98.2593 deg
SMA: 7055.957 km
Apoapsis: 688.224 km
Periapsis: 667.419 km
RAAN: 320.4216 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014743
Argument of periapsis: 283.3706 deg
Mean anomaly: 76.5853 deg
Mean motion: 14.64768152 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000403 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084862 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SSETI-EXPRESS
TLE line 1: 1 28894U 05043E 25187.87875684 .00000403 00000-0 84862-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 28894 98.2593 320.4216 0014743 283.3706 76.5853 14.64768152 50200
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SSETI-EXPRESS.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SSETI-EXPRESS.
Associated space launch
Civilian surveillance satellite.
SSETI-EXPRESS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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