AQUA is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2002.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.4289° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0000724 |
| Period | 98.5 min |
| Apogee | 687 km |
| Perigee | 686 km |
| Mean motion | 14.62188941 rev/day |
| RAAN | 157.8622° |
| Arg of perigee | 96.7867° |
| Mean anomaly | 352.6333° |
| B* | 1.4750e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 28,619 |
1 27424U 02022A 26188.17848602 .00000693 00000-0 14750-3 0 99942 27424 98.4289 157.8622 0000724 96.7867 352.6333 14.62188941286193{
"OBJECT_NAME": "AQUA",
"OBJECT_ID": "2002-022A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:17:01.192+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.62188941,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000724,
"INCLINATION": 98.4289,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 157.8622,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 96.7867,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 352.6333,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 27424,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 28619,
"BSTAR": 0.0001475,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000693,
"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 | AQUA |
| Operator | NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
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| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 3078HIGH |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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