Key statistics
Satellite DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
5742
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB
International designator: 2009-057D
Object number (NORAD): 35954
Object ID (CCSDS): 35954
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.937 minutes
Inclination: 98.6096 deg
SMA: 7181.141 km
Apoapsis: 807.683 km
Periapsis: 798.329 km
RAAN: 178.9993 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006513
Argument of periapsis: 47.8746 deg
Mean anomaly: 7.1474 deg
Mean motion: 14.26633957 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001466 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00062465 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35954U 09057D 25188.95821523 .00001466 00000-0 62465-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35954 98.6096 178.9993 0006513 47.8746 7.1474 14.26633957813217
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB.
Associated space launch
The Defence Metoerological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic and solar-terrestrial physics for the Department of Defence, managed by Air Force Space Command and operated by NOAA.
DMSP 5D-3 F18 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)’, on board a Atlas V 401 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 18, 2009, 4:12 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 401 | DMSP-5D3 F18 (USA-210)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 18, 2009, 4:12 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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