Key statistics
Satellite IPEX at a glance.
Uptime
4232
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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 IPEX.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IPEX
International designator: 2013-072K
Object number (NORAD): 39471
Object ID (CCSDS): 39471
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.004 minutes
Inclination: 120.47 deg
SMA: 6945.206 km
Apoapsis: 697.516 km
Periapsis: 436.625 km
RAAN: 77.2245 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0187821
Argument of periapsis: 356.897 deg
Mean anomaly: 3.0926 deg
Mean motion: 14.99944137 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000704 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040766 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IPEX
TLE line 1: 1 39471U 13072K 25188.71796348 .00007040 00000-0 40766-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 39471 120.4700 77.2245 0187821 356.8970 3.0926 14.99944137 63406
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IPEX.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
IPEX 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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