Key statistics
Satellite ST5-A at a glance.
Uptime
7101
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.1
Per day
Orbit
HEO
HEO
Inclination
105.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ST5-A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ST5-A
International designator: 2006-008A
Object number (NORAD): 28980
Object ID (CCSDS): 28980
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 119.499 minutes
Inclination: 105.49 deg
SMA: 8036.555 km
Apoapsis: 3018.77 km
Periapsis: 298.071 km
RAAN: 185.228 deg
Eccentricy: 0.16927019
Argument of periapsis: 22.5003 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.2124 deg
Mean motion: 12.05029975 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00041177 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015590568 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 7:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ST5-A
TLE line 1: 1 28980U 06008A 25241.80722801 .00041177 29755-5 15591-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 28980 105.4900 185.2280 1692702 22.5003 344.2124 12.05029975787331
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ST5-A.
Associated space launch
NASA's three micro-sats were launched to test and validate new technologies for future science missions. ST5's objective was to demonstrate and flight qualify several innovative technologies and concepts for application to future space missions.
ST5-A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | ST-5 FWD’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.
The launch took place on March 22, 2006, 2:03 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Pegasus XL | ST-5 FWD
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 22, 2006, 2:03 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Launch pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base
Location: Air launch to orbit
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