CALIPSO
Operator: United States · Also known as: 2006-016B
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About This Satellite
CALIPSO is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 29108 with international designator 06016B. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by ALCAF/CNES, on the Proteus platform, with a launch mass of about 587 kg, with a shape described as Cyl + 2 Pan. It is associated with US. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 671 km and a perigee near 669 km, with an inclination of 98.45° and a period of roughly 98 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.52 km/s. It was launched on 2006-04-28. Alternative names include 2006-016B. 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, CALIPSO's apogee was 671 km, where its speed was about 7.52 km/s, completing about 14.7 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.