| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | SORCE (SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | NASA Earth Science Office/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado |
| Users | Government/Civil |
| Purpose | Astrophysics |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Intermediate |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 600 |
| Apogee (km) | 633 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00236169755957919 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 40 |
| Period (minutes) | 97 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 315 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 290 |
| Power (watts) | 348 |
| Date of Launch | 25-01-2003 |
| Expected Lifetime | 6 yrs. |
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences Corp. |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Pegasus XL |
| COSPAR Number | 2003-004A |
| NORAD Number | 27651 |
| Comments | Monitor Sun; improve accuracy of measurement of solar energy. |