AAUSAT3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite AAUSAT3 at a glance.

Uptime

4452

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: 100.058 minutes

Inclination: 98.3678 deg

SMA: 7139.378 km

Apoapsis: 769.539 km

Periapsis: 752.947 km

RAAN: 313.1667 deg

Eccentricy: 0.001162

Argument of periapsis: 5.1956 deg

Mean anomaly: 354.935 deg

Mean motion: 14.39170237 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001154 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000386 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 4, 2025, 6:19 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 AAUSAT3

TLE line 1: 1 39087U 13009B 25124.76323583 .00001154 00000-0 38600-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 39087 98.3678 313.1667 0011620 5.1956 354.9350 14.39170237638411

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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