CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA) at a glance.

Uptime

332

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

53.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA)

International designator: 2024-142A

Object number (NORAD): 60419

Object ID (CCSDS): 60419

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.796 minutes

Inclination: 53.0051 deg

SMA: 6983.386 km

Apoapsis: 606.355 km

Periapsis: 604.148 km

RAAN: 123.7935 deg

Eccentricy: 0.000158

Argument of periapsis: 93.47 deg

Mean anomaly: 266.6461 deg

Mean motion: 14.87659874 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004844 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00055257 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 2:41 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA)

TLE line 1: 1 60419U 24142A 25188.11222976 .00004844 00000-0 55257-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 60419 53.0051 123.7935 0001580 93.4700 266.6461 14.87659874 49040

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA).

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.

CAPELLA-13 (ACADIA) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 11, 2024, 1:18 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Electron | A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)
Electron | A Sky Full of SARs (Capella Acadia 3)

Agency: Capella Space

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 11, 2024, 1:18 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

News about space launch
Rocket Lab launches Capella Space SAR satellite

Rocket Lab launched a Capella Space radar imaging satellite Aug. 11 on a mission that illustrated the flexibility offered by, but also the challenges facing, small launch vehicles.


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