POLAR is a payload in HEO orbit, operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 1996.
| Orbit class | HEO |
| Inclination | 79.8783° |
| Eccentricity | 0.6489683 |
| Period | 1109.0 min |
| Apogee | 52,145 km |
| Perigee | 6,080 km |
| Mean motion | 1.29846107 rev/day |
| RAAN | 226.8256° |
| Arg of perigee | 208.4225° |
| Mean anomaly | 91.1204° |
| B* | 0.0000e+0 |
| Rev at epoch | 14,510 |
1 23802U 96013A 26187.29294794 .00000200 00000-0 00000-0 0 99962 23802 79.8783 226.8256 6489683 208.4225 91.1204 1.29846107145103{
"OBJECT_NAME": "POLAR",
"OBJECT_ID": "1996-013A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T07:01:50.702+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 1.29846107,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.6489683,
"INCLINATION": 79.8783,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 226.8256,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 208.4225,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 91.1204,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 23802,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 14510,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.000002,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | POLAR |
| Operator | NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | United States |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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