ORBCOMM FM20

NORAD 25416· COSPAR 1998-046D· 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 2026-09-07 22:59 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Orbcomm

Country

ORB

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 2, 1998

Mass

—

Apogee

775 km

Perigee

771 km

Inclination

44.99°

Period

1.67 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ORBCOMM FM20 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

771 × 775 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 FM19 · 25415

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