LAGEOS 2
Launch
Launched on Oct 22, 1992 from Launch Complex 39B, United States of America aboard a Space Shuttle.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-08-21 09:32 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
ASI
Country
Italy
Manufacturer
Alenia Spazio
Launched
Oct 22, 1992
Mass
405.38 kg
Apogee
5,959 km
Perigee
5,623 km
Inclination
52.64°
Period
3.71 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for LAGEOS 2 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
5623 × 5959 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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