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SUNSAT

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 100 minutes, on an orbit tilted 96.4° from the equator, between 653 and 878 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SUNSAT

SUNSAT is a satellite from SAFR, launched on Feb 23, 1999 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 100 minutes (14.5 times a day), between 637 and 837 km up, on an orbit tilted 96.4° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 84° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

SUNSAT · amateur radio satellite

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 637 km to 637 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
650700750800850Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.