ORBCOMM FM19
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
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).
- ORBCOMM FM20 · 25416
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