BESSA is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by LusoSpace, launched 2026.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.4535° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0008732 |
| Period | 94.8 min |
| Apogee | 516 km |
| Perigee | 504 km |
| Mean motion | 15.18566214 rev/day |
| RAAN | 145.5247° |
| Arg of perigee | 314.1922° |
| Mean anomaly | 45.8594° |
| B* | 3.5289e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 1,464 |
1 68836U 26067CX 26187.30863403 .00007233 00000-0 35289-3 0 99982 68836 97.4535 145.5247 0008732 314.1922 45.8594 15.18566214 14645{
"OBJECT_NAME": "BESSA",
"OBJECT_ID": "2026-067CX",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T07:24:25.98+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.18566214,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0008732,
"INCLINATION": 97.4535,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 145.5247,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 314.1922,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 45.8594,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 68836,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 1464,
"BSTAR": 0.00035289,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00007233,
"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 | BESSA |
| Operator | |
| Country | Portugal |
| 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.
| Orbital regime | — |
| Status |