Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Heliophysics · SSO
NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help understand magnetic re-connection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic…
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 11 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIDE 2025-154A | Payload | 578 × 586 km · 97.7° | Globe |
| TRACERS 1 2025-154B | Payload | 583 × 590 km · 97.7° | Globe |
| ATHENA EPIC 2025-154C | Payload | 580 × 589 km · 97.7° | Globe |
| SKYCRAFT-4B 2025-154D | Payload | 567 × 574 km · 97.7° | Globe |
| TRACERS 2 2025-154E | Payload | 584 × 588 km · 97.7° | Globe |
| PEXT (BARD) 2025-154F | Payload | 501 × 504 km · 97.4° | Globe |
| REAL 2025-154G | Payload | 452 × 454 km · 97.4° | Globe |
| SKYCRAFT-4C 2025-154H | Payload | 577 × 584 km · 97.7° | Globe |
Show all 11 objects
COSPAR ID 2025-154. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).