EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2)
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About This Satellite
EXPLORER 36 (GEOS 2) is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 3093 with international designator 68002A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by APL, on the ANNA platform, with a launch mass of about 212 kg, with a shape described as Oct Cyl + Dome + Ant. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 1.580 km and a perigee near 1.088 km, with an inclination of 105.78° and a period of roughly 112.2 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 6.97 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 36 (GEOS 2)'s apogee was 1.580 km, where its speed was about 6.97 km/s, completing about 12.8 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.