EARTHCARE is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by European Space Agency / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched 2024.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.0540° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001423 |
| Period | 92.5 min |
| Apogee | 397 km |
| Perigee | 395 km |
| Mean motion | 15.57062936 rev/day |
| RAAN | 314.2806° |
| Arg of perigee | 104.0560° |
| Mean anomaly | 256.0854° |
| B* | 1.2534e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 11,963 |
1 59908U 24101A 26187.91283034 .00008966 00000-0 12534-3 0 99902 59908 97.0540 314.2806 0001423 104.0560 256.0854 15.57062936119632{
"OBJECT_NAME": "EARTHCARE",
"OBJECT_ID": "2024-101A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T21:54:28.541+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.57062936,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001423,
"INCLINATION": 97.054,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 314.2806,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 104.056,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 256.0854,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 59908,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 11963,
"BSTAR": 0.00012534,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00008966,
"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 | EARTHCARE |
| Operator | European Space Agency / Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 2200 |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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