ORBCOMM FM04

NORAD 25159· COSPAR 1998-007C· Active satellite· Communications· LEO

Launch

Launched on Feb 10, 1998 from Space Launch Complex 576E, United States of America aboard a Minotaur-C 2210.

Taurus 2210 | GFO →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:17 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Orbcomm

Country

ORB

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 10, 1998

Mass

—

Apogee

806 km

Perigee

748 km

Inclination

107.96°

Period

1.67 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ORBCOMM FM04 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

748 × 806 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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 1998-007 (Taurus 2210 | GFO).

CELESTIS-02 & TAURUS R/B · 25160

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