Key statistics
Satellite OTB-3-GAZELLE at a glance.
Uptime
1064
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OTB-3-GAZELLE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OTB-3-GAZELLE
International designator: 2022-127A
Object number (NORAD): 54023
Object ID (CCSDS): 54023
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.824 minutes
Inclination: 98.3746 deg
SMA: 7128.239 km
Apoapsis: 759.146 km
Periapsis: 741.061 km
RAAN: 238.6556 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00126854
Argument of periapsis: 336.9096 deg
Mean anomaly: 23.1523 deg
Mean motion: 14.4254514 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000351 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011863202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:34 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OTB-3-GAZELLE
TLE line 1: 1 54023U 22127A 25247.23242124 .00000351 00000-0 11863-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 54023 98.3746 238.6556 0012685 336.9096 23.1523 14.42545140153135
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OTB-3-GAZELLE.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The “It Argos Up From Here” mission will launch the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems designed and manufactured satellite GAzelle, carrying Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) hosted payload, part of the international Argos program that collects data from thousands of sensors and transmitters located around the world.
OTB-3-GAZELLE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | It Argos Up From Here (Argos-4)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 7, 2022, 5:09 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | It Argos Up From Here (Argos-4)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 7, 2022, 5:09 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Rocket Lab launches Argos tracking payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a satellite Oct. 7 carrying a payload for U.S. and French government agencies that will track wildlife and collect other sensor data.
Rocket Lab launches “It Argos Up From Here” mission
Rocket Lab has launched its 31st Electron rocket on the “It Argos Up From Here” mission from Rocket Lab’s private Launch Complex 1B (LC-1B), on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Liftoff occurred on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 6:09 AM NZT (17:09 UTC on Oct. 7).
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