Key statistics
Satellite PICARD at a glance.
Uptime
5660
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PICARD.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PICARD
International designator: 2010-028A
Object number (NORAD): 36598
Object ID (CCSDS): 36598
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.136 minutes
Inclination: 98.2803 deg
SMA: 7095.479 km
Apoapsis: 718.202 km
Periapsis: 716.486 km
RAAN: 176.3096 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001209
Argument of periapsis: 84.1689 deg
Mean anomaly: 275.9645 deg
Mean motion: 14.52546897 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000579 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015256215 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 2:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PICARD
TLE line 1: 1 36598U 10028A 25346.10203994 .00000579 00000-0 15256-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 36598 98.2803 176.3096 0001209 84.1689 275.9645 14.52546897820271
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PICARD.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
PICARD was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr 1 | Prisma-Mango, Prisma-Tango, Picard, BPA-1’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on June 15, 2010, 2:42 p.m. from 370/13.
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Dnepr 1 | Prisma-Mango, Prisma-Tango, Picard, BPA-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 15, 2010, 2:42 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 370/13
Location: Dombarovskiy, Russian Federation
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