Key statistics
Satellite CUNYSAT-1 at a glance.
Uptime
4176
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
120.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CUNYSAT-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CUNYSAT-1
International designator: 2013-072J
Object number (NORAD): 39470
Object ID (CCSDS): 39470
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.166 minutes
Inclination: 120.4588 deg
SMA: 6807.662 km
Apoapsis: 488.347 km
Periapsis: 370.707 km
RAAN: 41.0279 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0086403
Argument of periapsis: 343.9218 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.9133 deg
Mean motion: 15.45630812 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00070037 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012406 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 11:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CUNYSAT-1
TLE line 1: 1 39470U 13072J 25131.47697738 .00070037 00000-0 12406-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 39470 120.4588 41.0279 0086403 343.9218 15.9133 15.45630812 56162
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CUNYSAT-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
CUNYSAT-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)’, on board a Atlas V 501 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 501
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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