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NORAD 27651

SORCE

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 96 minutes, on an orbit tilted 40.0° from the equator, between 549 and 571 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SORCE

SORCE is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jan 25, 2003 from Pegasus launched from Eastern Range Air Space.

It circles Earth every 96 minutes (15.0 times a day), between 541 and 566 km up, on an orbit tilted 40.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 40° north and south.

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

former NASA space observatory

Operated by
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Built by
Orbital Sciences Corporation, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Mass
290 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 542 km to 541 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)
540550560Nov 26

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