OTB-3-GAZELLE

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite OTB-3-GAZELLE at a glance.

Uptime

944

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: 99.827 minutes

Inclination: 98.3667 deg

SMA: 7128.413 km

Apoapsis: 759.291 km

Periapsis: 741.266 km

RAAN: 121.4849 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0012643

Argument of periapsis: 337.2508 deg

Mean anomaly: 22.812 deg

Mean motion: 14.42492161 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000245 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000087019 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:35 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OTB-3-GAZELLE

TLE line 1: 1 54023U 22127A 25127.85779286 .00000245 00000-0 87019-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 54023 98.3667 121.4849 0012643 337.2508 22.8120 14.42492161135927

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Associated 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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Electron | It Argos Up From Here (Argos-4)
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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Latest news about this satellite

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Rocket Lab launches NOAA-funded satellite for wildlife tracking

Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket Friday from its privately-run spaceport in New Zealand, boosting a 260-pound satellite into orbit on a $64 million NOAA-funded mission to relay environmental data from remote weather stations and help track global wi...

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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.

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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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