SUOMI NPP is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, launched 2011.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.7955° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0000563 |
| Period | 101.4 min |
| Apogee | 827 km |
| Perigee | 827 km |
| Mean motion | 14.19521452 rev/day |
| RAAN | 128.8871° |
| Arg of perigee | 275.4253° |
| Mean anomaly | 84.6858° |
| B* | 4.8097e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 76,127 |
1 37849U 11061A 26188.14710122 .00000057 00000-0 48097-4 0 99972 37849 98.7955 128.8871 0000563 275.4253 84.6858 14.19521452761279{
"OBJECT_NAME": "SUOMI NPP",
"OBJECT_ID": "2011-061A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:31:49.545+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.19521452,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000563,
"INCLINATION": 98.7955,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 128.8871,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 275.4253,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 84.6858,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 37849,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 76127,
"BSTAR": 0.000048097,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 5.7e-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.
| Name | SUOMI NPP |
| Operator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationHIGHvia 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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