Key statistics
Satellite FALCON 9 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
5432
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 7.3
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
34.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FALCON 9 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FALCON 9 R/B
International designator: 2010-066K
Object number (NORAD): 37253
Object ID (CCSDS): 37253
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 196.124 minutes
Inclination: 34.5142 deg
SMA: 11181.862 km
Apoapsis: 9312.318 km
Periapsis: 295.136 km
RAAN: 341.5163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.40320574
Argument of periapsis: 173.0369 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.0264 deg
Mean motion: 7.34229053 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013745 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012607904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FALCON 9 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 37253U 10066K 25294.48783526 .00013745 00000-0 12608-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 37253 34.5142 341.5163 4032057 173.0369 195.0264 7.34229053375056
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FALCON 9 R/B.
Associated space launch
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 in 2010 was the unmanned first spaceflight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon C1, which orbited the Earth, and the second overall flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program for which SpaceX was selected. The primary mission objectives were to test the orbital maneuvering and reentry of the Dragon capsule.
FALCON 9 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 8, 2010, 3:43 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.
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Falcon 9 v1.0 | SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 8, 2010, 3:43 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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