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AQUA, 27424

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AQUA, 27424 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 04 May 2002 UTC via a DELTA 7920-10L 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

27424, 2002-022A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

T-330, AOCS

Mass

3,078 kg wet, 2,976 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-05-04 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 7920-10L

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 17 m

Radar Cross Section

26.783 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 AQUA
1 27424U 02022A   25196.88910243  .00000600  00000-0  13128-3 0  9997
2 27424  98.3792 155.6040 0001061  54.6230 326.4990 14.61346561234142

Epoch: 2025-07-15T21:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T21:20:18.449Z)

Latitude

20.88773°

Longitude

-101.655°

Altitude

690.841 km

Speed

7.513 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 09m 35s

True Declination

20° 46' 20"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-71.71811°

Longitude

-71.72716°

Altitude

715.827 km

Speed

7.496 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 45m 44s

Apparent Declination

-60° 57' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:22:57

Azimuth

204.36° SW

Elevation

-65.412°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

686.667 km

Perigee altitude

685.168 km

Semi-major axis

7,064.054 km

Eccentricity

0.00011

Inclination

98.3792°

RAAN

155.604°

Arg. of periapsis

54.623°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

326.499°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.65563 °/min

Orbital period

98.48 mins

BSTAR

0.00013128

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Other satellites on launch #22 in the year 2002 (2002-05-04 UTC)

DELTA 2 R/B, 27425 (Decayed)

AQUA DEB, 49118 (Decayed)

AQUA DEB, 49119 (Decayed)

AQUA DEB, 49120 (Decayed)

AQUA DEB, 49121 (Decayed)

AQUA 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.
7 mins	2025-07-16 09:19:58.114Z	42.804° NE	2025-07-16 09:22:58.114Z	86.675° E	23.19°	2025-07-16 09:26:58.114Z	149.881° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-16 10:57:58.114Z	342.455° N	2025-07-16 11:00:58.114Z	287.112° WNW	26.891°	2025-07-16 11:03:58.114Z	236.958° WSW
5 mins	2025-07-16 20:24:58.114Z	103.04° ESE	2025-07-16 20:26:58.114Z	64.157° ENE	24.005°	2025-07-16 20:29:58.114Z	17.013° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-16 22:01:58.114Z	219.954° SW	2025-07-16 22:03:58.114Z	259.222° W	26.447°	2025-07-16 22:07:58.114Z	323.015° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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