▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.4428°
Eccentricity	0.0001301
Period	100.0 min
Apogee	760 km
Perigee	758 km
Mean motion	14.39783373 rev/day
RAAN	15.0405°
Arg of perigee	86.7559°
Mean anomaly	273.3778°
B*	7.9272e-5
Rev at epoch	87,630

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 36036U 09059A 26187.99570618 .00000205 00000-0 79272-4 0 9998

2 36036 98.4428 15.0405 0001301 86.7559 273.3778 14.39783373876304

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SMOS",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-059A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T23:53:49.014+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.39783373,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001301,
  "INCLINATION": 98.4428,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 15.0405,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 86.7559,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 273.3778,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 36036,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 87630,
  "BSTAR": 0.000079272,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000205,
  "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	SMOS
Operator	European Space AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog European Space AgencyMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	ESA
Launch date	Nov 2, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	658HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims9

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.