Key statistics
Satellite ST5-B at a glance.
Uptime
7047
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
105.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ST5-B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ST5-B
International designator: 2006-008B
Object number (NORAD): 28981
Object ID (CCSDS): 28981
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 90.452 minutes
Inclination: 105.3613 deg
SMA: 6674.806 km
Apoapsis: 394.537 km
Periapsis: 198.806 km
RAAN: 258.9236 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0146619
Argument of periapsis: 346.6365 deg
Mean anomaly: 13.1008 deg
Mean motion: 15.920062 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00887918 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00093993 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ST5-B
TLE line 1: 1 28981U 06008B 25187.81764983 .00887918 73764-5 93993-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 28981 105.3613 258.9236 0146619 346.6365 13.1008 15.92006200840239
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ST5-B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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-B 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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