CHOMPTT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite CHOMPTT at a glance.

Uptime

1975

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

85.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for CHOMPTT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: CHOMPTT

International designator: 2018-104G

Object number (NORAD): 43855

Object ID (CCSDS): 43855

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Decay date: May 13, 2024

Period: 92.069 minutes

Inclination: 85.0224 deg

SMA: 6754.145 km

Apoapsis: 383.907 km

Periapsis: 368.114 km

RAAN: 0.615 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0011691

Argument of periapsis: 109.8581 deg

Mean anomaly: 250.3945 deg

Mean motion: 15.64037479 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00115825 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0012092 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 9:12 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CHOMPTT

TLE line 1: 1 43855U 18104G 24042.88390616 .00115825 00000-0 12092-2 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 43855 85.0224 0.6150 0011691 109.8581 250.3945 15.64037479287696

Live tracking on map

Satellite CHOMPTT has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.

Associated space launch

NASA's signed a Venture Class Launch Services contract with Rocket Lab to launch 10 cubesats as a part of CubeSat Launch Initiative Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. Cubesats are: ALBus / CeREs / CHOMPTT / Da Vinci / ISX / NMTSat / RSat-P / Shields 1 / STF 1 / CubeSail A / CubeSail B /TOMSat EagleScout / TOMSat R3 / SHFT 1

CHOMPTT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 16, 2018, 6:33 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

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Launch to space Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)
Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 16, 2018, 6:33 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Electron

Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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