RAVAN is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by JHU-Applied Physics Lab / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2016.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.9849° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001483 |
| Period | 92.5 min |
| Apogee | 398 km |
| Perigee | 396 km |
| Mean motion | 15.56768949 rev/day |
| RAAN | 79.5105° |
| Arg of perigee | 280.9729° |
| Mean anomaly | 79.1358° |
| B* | 6.5190e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 53,072 |
1 41849U 16067B 26187.66258791 .00046734 00000-0 65190-3 0 99922 41849 97.9849 79.5105 0001483 280.9729 79.1358 15.56768949530724{
"OBJECT_NAME": "RAVAN",
"OBJECT_ID": "2016-067B",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T15:54:07.595+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.56768949,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001483,
"INCLINATION": 97.9849,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 79.5105,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 280.9729,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 79.1358,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 41849,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 53072,
"BSTAR": 0.0006519,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00046734,
"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 | RAVAN |
| Operator | JHU-Applied Physics Lab / NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog |
| Country | United States |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | |
| Mission purpose | — |
| Object class | PAYLOADHIGH |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
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