Key statistics
Satellite ORBCOMM FM 40 at a glance.
Uptime
6290
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
48.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ORBCOMM FM 40.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ORBCOMM FM 40
International designator: 2008-031F
Object number (NORAD): 33065
Object ID (CCSDS): 33065
Country: ORBITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE (GLOBALSTAR) (ORB)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.142 minutes
Inclination: 48.4409 deg
SMA: 7000.013 km
Apoapsis: 626.269 km
Periapsis: 617.487 km
RAAN: 298.98 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006273
Argument of periapsis: 11.8609 deg
Mean anomaly: 126.5916 deg
Mean motion: 14.82362809 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002933 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038911448 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 3:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ORBCOMM FM 40
TLE line 1: 1 33065U 08031F 25249.64225227 .00002933 00000-0 38911-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33065 48.4409 298.9800 0006273 11.8609 126.5916 14.82362809926243
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ORBCOMM FM 40.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ORBCOMM FM 40.
Associated space launch
LEO communications satellites
ORBCOMM FM 40 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 19, 2008, 6:36 a.m. from 107.
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Kosmos-3M | Orbcomm FM 37 to 41 & CDS 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 19, 2008, 6:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 107
Location: Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
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