Key statistics
Satellite ORBCOMM FM 40 at a glance.
Uptime
6169
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: 97.175 minutes
Inclination: 48.4394 deg
SMA: 7001.611 km
Apoapsis: 628.271 km
Periapsis: 618.681 km
RAAN: 151.8688 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006848
Argument of periapsis: 227.3764 deg
Mean anomaly: 274.9037 deg
Mean motion: 14.81855267 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001995 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027655 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 1:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ORBCOMM FM 40
TLE line 1: 1 33065U 08031F 25129.57249528 .00001995 00000-0 27655-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 33065 48.4394 151.8688 0006848 227.3764 274.9037 14.81855267908438
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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