Solar Dynamics Observatory
COSPAR 2010-005A · NORAD 36395
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2010-02-11
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- AFETR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2010-005A
- NORAD ID
- 36,395
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 1,436.09 min
- Inclination
- 34.93°
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 1,436 minutes — about 1 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2010) turns 16 this year.