PEARL WHITE 2

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite PEARL WHITE 2 at a glance.

Uptime

2028

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 16.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

45.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for PEARL WHITE 2.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: PEARL WHITE 2

International designator: 2019-054D

Object number (NORAD): 44498

Object ID (CCSDS): 44498

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Decay date: March 8, 2025

Period: 87.9 minutes

Inclination: 44.9766 deg

SMA: 6548.653 km

Apoapsis: 173.027 km

Periapsis: 168.008 km

RAAN: 7.4152 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0003832

Argument of periapsis: 221.0606 deg

Mean anomaly: 139.0031 deg

Mean motion: 16.38229822 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.06964169 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00061281 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 3, 2025, 5:23 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 2, 2025, 9:42 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PEARL WHITE 2

TLE line 1: 1 44498U 19054D 25061.90455823 .06964169 10458-4 61281-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 44498 44.9766 7.4152 0003832 221.0606 139.0031 16.38229822307278

Live tracking on map

Satellite PEARL WHITE 2 has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.

Associated space launch

Mission carries a satellite for the future UNSEENLABS maritime tracking constellation, a BlackSky Global-4 Earth observation satellite, and two experimental satellites for United States Air Force Space Command.

PEARL WHITE 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 19, 2019, 12:12 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)
Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 19, 2019, 12:12 p.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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