Key statistics
Satellite FOURIER 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 FOURIER.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FOURIER
International designator: 2025-185C
Object number (NORAD): 65298
Object ID (CCSDS): 65298
Country: REPUBLIC OF RWANDA (RWA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.799 minutes
Inclination: 97.9715 deg
SMA: 7031.508 km
Apoapsis: 665.367 km
Periapsis: 641.38 km
RAAN: 13.8267 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00170567
Argument of periapsis: 145.1852 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.0476 deg
Mean motion: 14.72414259 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00027729 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0043573867 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 5:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FOURIER
TLE line 1: 1 65298U 25185B 25292.22401377 .00027729 00000-0 43574-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 65298 97.9715 13.8267 0017057 145.1852 215.0476 14.72414259 8285
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FOURIER.
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.
FOURIER 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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