Key statistics
Satellite BLUE RING PATHFINDER at a glance.
Uptime
181
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 3.8
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
29.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BLUE RING PATHFINDER.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BLUE RING PATHFINDER
International designator: 2025-011A
Object number (NORAD): 62720
Object ID (CCSDS): 62720
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 374.698 minutes
Inclination: 29.9426 deg
SMA: 17216.627 km
Apoapsis: 19242.826 km
Periapsis: 2434.158 km
RAAN: 314.1589 deg
Eccentricy: 0.4881522
Argument of periapsis: 38.8013 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.7016 deg
Mean motion: 3.84309096 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 16, 2025, 3:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 15, 2025, 3:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BLUE RING PATHFINDER
TLE line 1: 1 62720U 25011A 25196.64404446 -.00000036 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 62720 29.9426 314.1589 4881522 38.8013 347.7016 3.84309096 6933
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BLUE RING PATHFINDER.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Maiden flight of the New Glenn launch vehicle. Will carry the prototype Blue Ring payload tug and payload hoisting platform, consisting of communications array, power systems, and a flight computer affixed to a secondary payload adapter ring, remaining attached to the 2nd stage. This launch will serve as New Glenn's first National Security Space Launch certification flight. Target orbit is 2400 x 19300 km at 30° inclination.
BLUE RING PATHFINDER was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘New Glenn | Maiden Flight’, on board a New Glenn space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 16, 2025, 7:03 a.m. from Launch Complex 36A.
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New Glenn | Maiden Flight
Agency: Blue Origin
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 16, 2025, 7:03 a.m. UTC
Rocket: New Glenn
Launch pad: Launch Complex 36A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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