Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT AX at a glance.
Uptime
13875
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT AX.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT AX
International designator: 1987-060AX
Object number (NORAD): 59050
Object ID (CCSDS): 59050
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.405 minutes
Inclination: 65.0079 deg
SMA: 7155.88 km
Apoapsis: 788.296 km
Periapsis: 767.193 km
RAAN: 266.8981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014745
Argument of periapsis: 261.6424 deg
Mean anomaly: 98.299 deg
Mean motion: 14.34195072 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000253 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012597 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 11:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT AX
TLE line 1: 1 59050U 87060AX 25184.48856191 .00000253 00000-0 12597-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 59050 65.0079 266.8981 0014745 261.6424 98.2990 14.34195072 70914
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Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT AX.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Nuclear-powered magnetospheric research satellite
OBJECT AX was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 2’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 10, 1987, 3:35 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 10, 1987, 3:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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