NEOSSAT

Track NEOSSAT now!
10-day predictions
NEOSSAT is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39089
Int'l Code: 2013-009D
Perigee: 776.3 km
Apogee: 790.9 km
Inclination: 98.4 °
Period: 100.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7154 km
RCS: 0.5655 m² (medium)
Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: Canada (CA)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

NEOSSAT is the first space telescope designed to search for hazardous Earth-crossing asteroids. The $24 million NEOSSat mission will scan the sky for asteroids lurking near Earth, including objects orbiting close to the sun, making their discoveries challenging for traditional ground-based telescopes. Engineers outfitted the suitcase-sized satellite with a baffle to allow the telescope to point closer to the sun than other observatories. Astronomers will try to pick out asteroids as they streak through a matrix of stars, detecting between four and 12 500-meter, or 1,640-foot, asteroids each month, plus smaller objects.

aabbcc

Your satellite tracking list

Your tracking list is empty

1 39089U 13009D   21165.82917694  .00000017  00000-0  21254-4 0  9999
2 39089  98.4426   5.9267 0010205 293.8647  66.1469 14.34567295434504

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC