Key statistics
Satellite ST5-A at a glance.
Uptime
6986
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
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: 119.998 minutes
Inclination: 105.5024 deg
SMA: 8058.903 km
Apoapsis: 3063.111 km
Periapsis: 298.425 km
RAAN: 41.1724 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1715299
Argument of periapsis: 196.3928 deg
Mean anomaly: 157.4202 deg
Mean motion: 12.00021087 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020151 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00079435 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 11:24 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ST5-A
TLE line 1: 1 28980U 06008A 25126.47542634 .00020151 30410-5 79435-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 28980 105.5024 41.1724 1715299 196.3928 157.4202 12.00021087773477
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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