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LAGEOS 1

📡 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 3.8 hours, on an orbit tilted 109.8° from the equator, between 5,813 and 5,989 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About LAGEOS 1

LAGEOS 1 is a satellite from the United States, launched on May 4, 1976 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 225 minutes (6.4 times a day), between 5,838 and 5,948 km up, on an orbit tilted 109.8° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 70° north and south.

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

LAGEOS-1 · first of two satellites in the LAGEOS mission

Built by
PerkinElmer, Bendix Corporation
Mass
407 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 12 days its lowest point went from 5,838 km to 5,838 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)
5,8505,9005,950

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