EXPLORER 7
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About This Satellite
EXPLORER 7 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 22 with international designator 59009A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by ABMA, on the S-1 platform, with a launch mass of about 41 kg, with a shape described as DCone + 2 Ant. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 535 km and a perigee near 431 km, with an inclination of 50.24° and a period of roughly 94.1 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.57 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, EXPLORER 7's apogee was 535 km, where its speed was about 7.57 km/s, completing about 15.3 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.