Key statistics
Satellite SPIRIT at a glance.
Uptime
528
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SPIRIT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SPIRIT
International designator: 2023-185G
Object number (NORAD): 58468
Object ID (CCSDS): 58468
Country: AUSTRALIA (AUS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.674 minutes
Inclination: 97.378 deg
SMA: 6832.37 km
Apoapsis: 460.648 km
Periapsis: 447.823 km
RAAN: 201.9354 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009386
Argument of periapsis: 188.6677 deg
Mean anomaly: 171.4407 deg
Mean motion: 15.37254071 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00019318 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0005302 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SPIRIT
TLE line 1: 1 58468U 23185G 25131.91163317 .00019318 00000-0 53020-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 58468 97.3780 201.9354 0009386 188.6677 171.4407 15.37254071 80300
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SPIRIT.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for SPIRIT, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Note: Name of payload is provisional. First launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space. ESA's EIRSAT-1 is also onboard as a rideshare passenger. This 2U cubesat carries three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector to study some of the most luminous explosions in the universe.
SPIRIT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 1, 2023, 6:19 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 1, 2023, 6:19 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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