Payload (satellite)
FOREST-3
FOREST-3 is a satellite launched 2025-01-14 by Germany.
About
OroraTech is a German aerospace start-up company providing wildfire monitoring with a network of around 35 thermal imaging satellites. It was founded in 2018 as a university spin-off at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The headquarters are in Munich, Germany. In June 2023, OroraTech joined the Copernicus Programme of the European Union delivered by the European Space Agency.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID62682
International designator2025-009CB
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerGermany
Launch date2025-01-14
Launch siteVandenberg, USA
Orbital period94.4 min
Inclination97.38°
Apogee490 km
Perigee485 km