▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.4759°
Eccentricity	0.0004945
Period	100.1 min
Apogee	769 km
Perigee	762 km
Mean motion	14.37905438 rev/day
RAAN	261.3812°
Arg of perigee	149.6392°
Mean anomaly	210.5083°
B*	4.3924e-5
Rev at epoch	87,852

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 35946U 09055A 26188.20454623 .00000089 00000-0 43924-4 0 9990

2 35946 98.4759 261.3812 0004945 149.6392 210.5083 14.37905438878523

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "WORLDVIEW-2 (WV-2)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-055A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:54:32.794+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.37905438,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0004945,
  "INCLINATION": 98.4759,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 261.3812,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 149.6392,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 210.5083,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 35946,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 87852,
  "BSTAR": 0.000043924,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 8.9e-7,
  "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.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	WORLDVIEW-2 (WV-2)
Operator	DigitalGlobeHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog DigitalGlobeMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Oct 8, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	2615HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.