▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.8940°
Eccentricity	0.0001380
Period	97.2 min
Apogee	625 km
Perigee	623 km
Mean motion	14.81667750 rev/day
RAAN	262.6540°
Arg of perigee	81.9451°
Mean anomaly	278.1918°
B*	-3.2162e-4
Rev at epoch	28,061

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 48268U 21034A 26188.17522943 -.00002582 00000-0 -32162-3 0 9992

2 48268 97.8940 262.6540 0001380 81.9451 278.1918 14.81667750280610

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "PLEIADES NEO 3",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2021-034A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:12:19.823+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.8166775,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.000138,
  "INCLINATION": 97.894,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 262.654,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 81.9451,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 278.1918,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 48268,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 28061,
  "BSTAR": -0.00032162,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00002582,
  "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	PLEIADES NEO 3
Operator	Airbus Defense and Space - IntelligenceHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Airbus DS GeoMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	FranceMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Apr 29, 2021HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	920HIGH

▸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.