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GLAST

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 94 minutes, on an orbit tilted 25.6° from the equator, between 490 and 504 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About GLAST

GLAST is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jun 11, 2008 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It circles Earth every 94 minutes (15.2 times a day), between 487 and 498 km up, on an orbit tilted 25.6° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 26° north and south.

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

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope · space telescope for gamma-ray astronomy launched in 2008

Operated by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Department of Energy
Built by
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Mass
4,303 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 487 km to 487 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)
490495Nov 26

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