▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	69.4897°
Eccentricity	0.0008235
Period	114.7 min
Apogee	1,450 km
Perigee	1,438 km
Mean motion	12.54932194 rev/day
RAAN	258.0341°
Arg of perigee	6.5246°
Mean anomaly	353.5886°
B*	2.0441e-5
Rev at epoch	65,958

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 38077U 12006A 26188.21707523 -.00000035 00000-0 20441-4 0 9990

2 38077 69.4897 258.0341 0008235 6.5246 353.5886 12.54932194659585

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "LARES",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-006A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T05:12:35.3+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 12.54932194,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0008235,
  "INCLINATION": 69.4897,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 258.0341,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 6.5246,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 353.5886,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38077,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 65958,
  "BSTAR": 0.000020441,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -3.5e-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	LARES
Operator	Italian Space AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog Italian Space AgencyMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Italy
Launch date	Feb 13, 2012HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	400HIGHvia 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.