Key statistics
Satellite PELICAN-3 at a glance.
Uptime
20
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PELICAN-3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PELICAN-3
International designator: 2025-188A
Object number (NORAD): 65315
Object ID (CCSDS): 65315
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.78 minutes
Inclination: 97.2506 deg
SMA: 6837.528 km
Apoapsis: 462.193 km
Periapsis: 456.593 km
RAAN: 331.9255 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004095
Argument of periapsis: 104.405 deg
Mean anomaly: 255.7649 deg
Mean motion: 15.35515211 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006268 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001838793 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 15, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 14, 2025, 12:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PELICAN-3
TLE line 1: 1 65315U 25188A 25257.53540774 .00006268 00000-0 18388-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 65315 97.2506 331.9255 0004095 104.4050 255.7649 15.35515211 2886
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PELICAN-3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is the space component of Luxembourg's governmental dual-use observation satellite system LUXEOSys (Luxembourg Earth Observation System). Its purpose is to provide high resolution images to national and international governmental and military organizations such as NATO. The 800 kg satellite is built by OHB Italia and is equipped with a very high-resolution optical camera with a ground reolution of 50 cm in an around 450 km high sun-synchronous orbit. It will have a operational life time of 7 years. Also on board the launch is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and Exolaunch’s Acadia-6, FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3.
PELICAN-3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 26, 2025, 6:53 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 26, 2025, 6:53 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Latest news about this satellite
Launch Roundup: Starship, NS-35, and Falcon 9 launches planned
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB
The mission features OHB Italia’s NAOS satellite along with seven other secondary satellites. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:53 a.m. PDT (2:53 p.m. EDT / 1853 UTC).
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