EXPLORER 16
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About This Satellite
EXPLORER 16 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 506 with international designator 62070A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by LARCN, on the S-55 platform, with a launch mass of about 76 kg, with a shape described as Cyl. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 1.153 km and a perigee near 748 km, with an inclination of 52.00° and a period of roughly 103.9 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.18 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 16's apogee was 1.153 km, where its speed was about 7.18 km/s, completing about 13.9 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.