UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5185 | TROPICS Pathfinder ( Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) | TROPICS Pathfinder | NR (9/21) | USA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Government | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 524 | 536 | 8.70E-04 | 97.5 | 94.5 | 4 | 2021/6/30 | MIT/Goddard Space Flight Center | USA | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 | 2021-059Y | 48901 | Pathfinder for six-satellite constellation focused on storms. | JMSatcat/9_21 | https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/goddard/2021/nasa-s-tropics-pathfinder-satellite-produces-global-first-light-images-and-captures |
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