AAUSAT3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite AAUSAT3 at a glance.

Uptime

4577

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for AAUSAT3.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: AAUSAT3

International designator: 2013-009B

Object number (NORAD): 39087

Object ID (CCSDS): 39087

Country: DENMARK (DEN)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.044 minutes

Inclination: 98.3683 deg

SMA: 7138.751 km

Apoapsis: 768.747 km

Periapsis: 752.486 km

RAAN: 74.8761 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00113891

Argument of periapsis: 350.2729 deg

Mean anomaly: 9.8237 deg

Mean motion: 14.39359818 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001214 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00040397406 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 11:34 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 AAUSAT3

TLE line 1: 1 39087U 13009B 25249.48260575 .00001214 00000-0 40397-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 39087 98.3683 74.8761 0011389 350.2729 9.8237 14.39359818656354

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite AAUSAT3.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

SARAL or Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and CNES (Space Agency of France). SARAL is tasked to perform altimetric measurements designed to study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation.

AAUSAT3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘PSLV-CA | SARAL’, on board a PSLV space rocket.

The launch took place on Feb. 25, 2013, 12:31 p.m. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad.

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Launch to space PSLV-CA | SARAL
PSLV-CA | SARAL

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Feb. 25, 2013, 12:31 p.m. UTC

Rocket: PSLV

Launch pad: Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad

Location: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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