▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.6657°
Eccentricity	0.0006913
Period	96.4 min
Apogee	590 km
Perigee	580 km
Mean motion	14.94177398 rev/day
RAAN	251.4916°
Arg of perigee	167.1882°
Mean anomaly	192.9515°
B*	1.0812e-4
Rev at epoch	5,199

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 64871U 25154C 26188.15958233 .00001102 00000-0 10812-3 0 9993

2 64871 97.6657 251.4916 0006913 167.1882 192.9515 14.94177398 51997

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "ATHENA EPIC",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2025-154C",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:49:47.913+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.94177398,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0006913,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6657,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 251.4916,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 167.1882,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 192.9515,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 64871,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5199,
  "BSTAR": 0.00010812,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001102,
  "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 EPIC
Operator	NASA Langley Research Center / USAF SMC/DoD Space Test ProgramHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Jul 23, 2025HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	110HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.