DEMOSAT/FALCON 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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

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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: 96.415 minutes

Inclination: 9.3453 deg

SMA: 6965.02 km

Apoapsis: 595.019 km

Periapsis: 578.751 km

RAAN: 264.3145 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0011678

Argument of periapsis: 309.971 deg

Mean anomaly: 49.9465 deg

Mean motion: 14.93548157 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007538 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00063101 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 18, 2025, 2:25 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 17, 2025, 6:40 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 DEMOSAT/FALCON 1

TLE line 1: 1 33393U 08048A 25076.77828456 .00007538 00000-0 63101-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 33393 9.3453 264.3145 0011678 309.9710 49.9465 14.93548157894492

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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Launch to space Falcon 1 | RatSat
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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