POLAR SCOUT KODIAK

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite POLAR SCOUT KODIAK at a glance.

Uptime

2470

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for POLAR SCOUT KODIAK.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: POLAR SCOUT KODIAK

International designator: 2018-099G

Object number (NORAD): 43764

Object ID (CCSDS): 43764

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 93.779 minutes

Inclination: 97.4602 deg

SMA: 6837.477 km

Apoapsis: 466.349 km

Periapsis: 452.336 km

RAAN: 318.5569 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00102475

Argument of periapsis: 171.5201 deg

Mean anomaly: 188.6217 deg

Mean motion: 15.35532091 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00036822 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00106309 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:58 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 POLAR SCOUT KODIAK

TLE line 1: 1 43764U 18099G 25249.70699724 .00036822 00000-0 10631-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 43764 97.4602 318.5569 0010247 171.5201 188.6217 15.35532091370964

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Associated space launch

Dedicated rideshare launching payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. Payloads include ORS-6, EU:CROPIS, STPSat-5, BlackSky Global-1 to -4, HawkEye Pathfinder 1-3, Iceye, NEXTSat-1, 2 SkySats, Centauri II, and a Flock of Doves.

POLAR SCOUT KODIAK was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 3, 2018, 6:34 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E.

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Launch to space Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 3, 2018, 6:34 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Falcon 9

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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