Launch Details

Launched	19 November 1998
Flight ended	30 May 2023
Status	Decayed
Launch site	Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner	International Space Station
NORAD ID	56563
COSPAR ID	1998-067VK
Alternative names	TOWELS
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	51.633°
Eccentricity	0.00089
RA ascending node	7.133 hr
Argument perigee	200.231°
Mean anomaly	159.834°
Orbital period	91.969 min
Epoch of osculation	20 May 2023, 04:10

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	372.2 km
Mean Altitude	378.2 km
Peak Altitude	384.3 km

Launched alongside

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NODES 1 FLOCK 2E'-1 FLOCK 2E'-3 FLOCK 2E'-2 FLOCK 2E'-4 FLOCK 2E-1 FLOCK 2E-2 LEMUR-2-THERESACONDOR FLOCK 2E-3 FLOCK 2E-4 LEMUR-2-NICK-ALLAIN LEMUR-2-KANE LEMUR-2-JEFF FLOCK 2E-6 FLOCK 2E-5 FLOCK 2E-7 FLOCK 2E-8 FLOCK 2E'-5 FLOCK 2E'-6 FLOCK 2E'-8 FLOCK 2E'-7 FLOCK 2E-9 FLOCK 2E-10 FLOCK 2E-12 FLOCK 2E-11 FLOCK 2E'-9 FLOCK 2E'-10 FLOCK 2E'-11 FLOCK 2E'-12 ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB FLOCK 2E'-13 FLOCK 2E'-14 FLOCK 2E'-16 FLOCK 2E'-15 FLOCK 2E'-18 FLOCK 2E'-17 FLOCK 2E'-19 FLOCK 2E'-20 STARS-C FREEDOM TANCREDO-1 ITF-2 WASEDA-SAT3 EGG AOBA VELOX-III TUPOD OSNSAT LEMUR-2-REDFERN-GOES TECHEDSAT 5 LEMUR-2-TRUTNA LEMUR-2-AUSTINTACIOUS LEMUR-2-TRUTNAHD ISS DEB ISS DEB HAVELSAT SOMP2 COLUMBIA SGSAT CXBN-2 ICECUBE PHOENIX X-CUBESAT QBEE50-LTU-OC ALTAIR PATHFINDER SHARC ZA-AEROSAT LINK CSUNSAT1 UPSAT SPACECUBE HOOPOE CHALLENGER NJUST-1 UNSW-ECO DUTHSAT LILACSAT-1 NSIGHT SNUSAT-1B QBITO AALTO-2 SUSAT I-INSPIRE II POLYITAN-2-SAU SNUSAT-1 EXALTA-1 AOXIANG-1 BEEAGLESAT ATLANTIS ISS DEB TOKI 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HIROGARI GUARANISAT-1 MMSATS-1 ISS DEB RAMSAT SOAR BD-28 MIR-SAT 1 ISS DEB BINAR-1 MAYA-3 MAYA-4 CUAVA-1 CAPSAT PR-CUNAR 2 SPACE HAUC ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB GASPACS OBJECT TC OBJECT TD PATCOOL DAILI LIGHT-1 GT-1 IHI-SAT KITSUNE ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB OBJECT TQ YUZGU 8 OBJECT TS YUZGU 9 YUZGU 7 YUZGU 11 YUZGU 12 TSIOLKOVSKY-RYAZAN 1 (*) TSIOLKOVSKY-RYAZAN 2 (*) YUZGU 10 YUZGU UA HSU-SAT1 FUTABA TUMNANOSAT D3 BEAVERCUBE CLICK-A CAPSAT 1 JAGSAT 1 ISS DEB SPACETUNA1 PEARLAFRICASAT-1 TAKA ZIMSAT-1 MARIO NUTSAT LORIS ORCASAT DANTESAT TJREVERB SPORT PETITSAT SS-1 HSKSAT OPTIMAL-1 ISS DEB ARKSAT 1 AURORASAT EX-ALTA-2 LIGHTCUBE NEUDOSE YUKONSAT ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB OBJECT VQ OBJECT VR OBJECT VS OBJECT VT MOONLIGHTER OBJECT VV MAYA-5 MAYA-6 ISS DEB PARUS ISS DEB ISS DEB ISS DEB BEAK CLARK SAT-1 MICROORBITER-1 CURTIS KASHIWA OBJECT WJ OBJECT WK OBJECT WL BURSTCUBE SNOOPI OBJECT WP OBJECT WQ ILLUMA-T BINAR-4 COSMOGIRLSAT SAKURA OBJECT WV BINAR-2 BINAR-3 OBJECT WY CYSAT-1 DORA YODAKA OBJECT XC OBJECT XD YOMOGI ONGLAISAT ISS DEB DRAGONFLY OBJECT XJ OBJECT XK RSP-03 GHS-01 YOTSUBA-KULOVER BOTAN E-KAGAKU-1 HRC MONOBLOCK CAMERA