SORCE is a payload in LEO orbit, operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2003.
| Orbit class | LEO |
| Inclination | 39.9895° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0017890 |
| Period | 95.8 min |
| Apogee | 568 km |
| Perigee | 543 km |
| Mean motion | 15.03812808 rev/day |
| RAAN | 147.8891° |
| Arg of perigee | 199.5427° |
| Mean anomaly | 160.4683° |
| B* | 1.7977e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 27,490 |
1 27651U 03004A 26188.12944713 .00002371 00000-0 17977-3 0 99912 27651 39.9895 147.8891 0017890 199.5427 160.4683 15.03812808274902{
"OBJECT_NAME": "SORCE",
"OBJECT_ID": "2003-004A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:06:24.232+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.03812808,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.001789,
"INCLINATION": 39.9895,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 147.8891,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 199.5427,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 160.4683,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 27651,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 27490,
"BSTAR": 0.00017977,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002371,
"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 | SORCE |
| Operator | NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 290HIGH |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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