Key statistics
Satellite DEMOSAT/FALCON 1 at a glance.
Uptime
6015
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
9.3
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DEMOSAT/FALCON 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DEMOSAT/FALCON 1
International designator: 2008-048A
Object number (NORAD): 33393
Object ID (CCSDS): 33393
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.416 minutes
Inclination: 9.3453 deg
SMA: 6965.094 km
Apoapsis: 595.215 km
Periapsis: 578.702 km
RAAN: 276.438 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011854
Argument of periapsis: 287.544 deg
Mean anomaly: 72.3464 deg
Mean motion: 14.93524375 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007461 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062426 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: March 16, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: March 16, 2025, 2:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DEMOSAT/FALCON 1
TLE line 1: 1 33393U 08048A 25075.10881692 .00007461 00000-0 62426-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 33393 9.3453 276.4380 0011854 287.5440 72.3464 14.93524375894242
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DEMOSAT/FALCON 1.
Associated space launch
RatSat was an aluminum mass simulator on the fourth flight of the Falcon 1 rocket.
DEMOSAT/FALCON 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 1 | RatSat’, on board a Falcon 1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 28, 2008, 11:15 p.m. from Omelek Island.
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Falcon 1 | RatSat
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 28, 2008, 11:15 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch pad: Omelek Island
Location: Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
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