Key statistics
Satellite DRESDEN at a glance.
Uptime
58
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DRESDEN.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DRESDEN
International designator: 2025-185A
Object number (NORAD): 65297
Object ID (CCSDS): 65297
Country: REPUBLIC OF RWANDA (RWA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.797 minutes
Inclination: 97.9702 deg
SMA: 7031.434 km
Apoapsis: 665.269 km
Periapsis: 641.33 km
RAAN: 14.2907 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00170229
Argument of periapsis: 144.2522 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.9829 deg
Mean motion: 14.72437502 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009658 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015260575 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 4:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DRESDEN
TLE line 1: 1 65297U 25185A 25292.70017005 .00009658 00000-0 15261-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 65297 97.9702 14.2907 0017023 144.2522 215.9829 14.72437502 8347
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DRESDEN.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
'Live, Laugh, Launch' is the second of two dedicated missions on Electron for a confidential customer in 2025. This mission deployed 5 satellites to a 655 km circular Earth orbit identified as “Calistus A to E”, identified as most likely for Low Earth Orbit communication satellite constellation operator E-Space.
DRESDEN was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 23, 2025, 10:42 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.
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Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 23, 2025, 10:42 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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