LAGEOS 1
Launch
Launched on May 4, 1976 from Space Launch Complex 2W, United States of America aboard a Delta 2913.
Delta 2913 | Lageos 1 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 09:20 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
—
Country
—
Manufacturer
PerkinElmer
Launched
May 4, 1976
Mass
406.965 kg
Apogee
5,954 km
Perigee
5,844 km
Inclination
109.82°
Period
3.76 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for LAGEOS 1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.0 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
5844 × 5954 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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