Key statistics
Satellite ACS 3 at a glance.
Uptime
503
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ACS 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ACS 3
International designator: 2024-077B
Object number (NORAD): 59588
Object ID (CCSDS): 59588
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.307 minutes
Inclination: 97.3995 deg
SMA: 7340.1 km
Apoapsis: 998.862 km
Periapsis: 925.067 km
RAAN: 227.5217 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00502688
Argument of periapsis: 358.9433 deg
Mean anomaly: 1.1611 deg
Mean motion: 13.80542676 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00019853 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.018751154 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ACS 3
TLE line 1: 1 59588U 24077B 25250.95022117 .00019853 00000-0 18751-1 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 59588 97.3995 227.5217 0050269 358.9433 1.1611 13.80542676 68907
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ACS 3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.
ACS 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on April 23, 2024, 10:32 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Agency: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 23, 2024, 10:32 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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