NIGHTJAR is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Taiwan Space Agency, launched 2024.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.6820° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0002008 |
| Period | 96.1 min |
| Apogee | 571 km |
| Perigee | 568 km |
| Mean motion | 14.99132693 rev/day |
| RAAN | 264.5767° |
| Arg of perigee | 110.8011° |
| Mean anomaly | 249.3427° |
| B* | 2.1516e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 14,586 |
1 60535U 24149BV 26188.15033323 .00002557 00000-0 21516-3 0 99912 60535 97.6820 264.5767 0002008 110.8011 249.3427 14.99132693145864{
"OBJECT_NAME": "NIGHTJAR",
"OBJECT_ID": "2024-149BV",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:36:28.791+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.99132693,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002008,
"INCLINATION": 97.682,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 264.5767,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 110.8011,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 249.3427,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 60535,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 14586,
"BSTAR": 0.00021516,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002557,
"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 | NIGHTJAR |
| Operator | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | |
| Mission purpose | — |
| Object class |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
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