Key statistics
Satellite ST5-A at a glance.
Uptime
7047
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: 119.789 minutes
Inclination: 105.4879 deg
SMA: 8049.531 km
Apoapsis: 3042.542 km
Periapsis: 300.249 km
RAAN: 115.8534 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1703387
Argument of periapsis: 106.2598 deg
Mean anomaly: 273.1936 deg
Mean motion: 12.02117501 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014905 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060677 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ST5-A
TLE line 1: 1 28980U 06008A 25186.36204920 .00014905 26409-5 60677-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 28980 105.4879 115.8534 1703387 106.2598 273.1936 12.02117501780668
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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