Key statistics
Satellite IUS DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9599
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 7.0
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
28.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for IUS DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: IUS DEB
International designator: 1999-040P
Object number (NORAD): 43366
Object ID (CCSDS): 43366
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 204.801 minutes
Inclination: 28.1327 deg
SMA: 11509.274 km
Apoapsis: 9529.8 km
Periapsis: 732.478 km
RAAN: 298.6381 deg
Eccentricy: 0.38218405
Argument of periapsis: 86.252 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.626 deg
Mean motion: 7.03122304 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001144 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0053519666 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 10:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 4:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IUS DEB
TLE line 1: 1 43366U 99040P 25300.20386568 .00001144 00000-0 53520-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 43366 28.1327 298.6381 3821841 86.2520 315.6260 7.03122304251861
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IUS DEB.
Associated space launch
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
IUS DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93’, on board a Space Shuttle space rocket.
The launch took place on July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 39B.
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Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39B
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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