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ORBCOMM FM19

NORAD 25415· COSPAR 1998-046C· Active satellite· Communications· LEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 2, 1998 from Wallops Flight Facility, United States of America aboard a Pegasus XL HAPS.
Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-B1 - B8
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:37 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Orbcomm
Country
ORB
Manufacturer
Launched
Aug 2, 1998
Mass
Apogee
772 km
Perigee
765 km
Inclination
44.99°
Period
1.67 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ORBCOMM FM19 across 104 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.6 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
765 × 772 km
768773764May 29Sep 10
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 1998-046 (Pegasus XL HAPS | Orbcomm-B1 - B8).

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