AAUSAT3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite AAUSAT3 at a glance.

Uptime

4674

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: 100.027 minutes

Inclination: 98.3634 deg

SMA: 7137.923 km

Apoapsis: 768.607 km

Periapsis: 750.968 km

RAAN: 169.1402 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00123562

Argument of periapsis: 56.8117 deg

Mean anomaly: 303.4255 deg

Mean motion: 14.39610491 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001287 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0004252087 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, 12:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 AAUSAT3

TLE line 1: 1 39087U 13009B 25346.03169579 .00001287 00000-0 42521-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 39087 98.3634 169.1402 0012356 56.8117 303.4255 14.39610491670249

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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