▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0380°
Eccentricity	0.0001473
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,793 km
Perigee	35,780 km
Mean motion	1.00272355 rev/day
RAAN	96.7409°
Arg of perigee	24.4165°
Mean anomaly	259.4330°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	4,528

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 39509U 14006B 26188.16017221 .00000169 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998

2 39509 0.0380 96.7409 0001473 24.4165 259.4330 1.00272355 45281

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "ATHENA-FIDUS",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2014-006B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:50:38.879+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00272355,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001473,
  "INCLINATION": 0.038,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 96.7409,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 24.4165,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 259.433,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 39509,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 4528,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000169,
  "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	ATHENA-FIDUS
Operator	National Space Research Center / Italian Space AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree CNESMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	ItalyMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Feb 6, 2014HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	3080HIGH

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims10

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.