LANDSAT 3, 10702
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LANDSAT 3, 10702 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 05 Mar 1978 UTC via a DELTA 2910 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
GE/MSVD
Mission
Non-operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor
NIMBUS, Unknown motor
Mass
900 kg wet, 900 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago
TLE from 2 days ago
0 LANDSAT 3
1 10702U 78026A 26171.45923920 .00000190 00000-0 16776-3 0 9994
2 10702 99.0676 126.6138 0015445 132.9749 335.7068 13.96997287461936Epoch: 2026-06-20T11:01Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T11:01:18.266Z)
Latitude
69.44873°
Longitude
-102.33265°
Altitude
905.921 km
Speed
7.411 km/s
True Right ascension
22h 06m 40s
True Declination
69° 20' 16"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:20:03
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
912.662 km
Perigee altitude
890.175 km
Semi-major axis
7,279.555 km
Eccentricity
0.00154
Inclination
99.0676°
RAAN
126.6138°
Arg. of periapsis
132.9749°
True anomaly
335.63386°
Mean anomaly
335.7068°
Eccentric anomaly
335.67034°
Mean motion
3.49451 °/min
Orbital period
103.02 mins
BSTAR
0.00016776
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Other satellites on launch #26 in the year 1978 (1978-03-05 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LANDSAT 3 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 5 mins | 2026-06-22 19:24:44.686Z | 87.371° E | 2026-06-22 19:27:44.686Z | 53.485° ENE | 14.715° | 2026-06-22 19:29:44.686Z | 31.516° NE |
| 10 mins | 2026-06-22 21:03:44.686Z | 169.867° S | 2026-06-22 21:08:44.686Z | 306.984° NW | 43.909° | 2026-06-22 21:13:44.686Z | 343.529° N |
| 9 mins | 2026-06-23 09:34:44.686Z | 27.093° NE | 2026-06-23 09:38:44.686Z | 93.251° ESE | 39.781° | 2026-06-23 09:43:44.686Z | 177.371° S |
| 6 mins | 2026-06-23 11:17:44.686Z | 330.052° NNW | 2026-06-23 11:19:44.686Z | 304.677° NW | 19.455° | 2026-06-23 11:23:44.686Z | 255.683° W |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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