CLUSTER II-FM8 (TANGO)
NORAD 26464· COSPAR 2000-045B· ISS / Science· HEO
Launch
Launched on Aug 9, 2000 from 31/6, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Cluster Rumba & Tango →Live · TLE epoch 2026-08-30 16:25 UTC
Orbit class
HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)
Operator
European Space Operations Centre
Country
European Space Agency
Manufacturer
Astrium
Launched
Aug 9, 2000
Mass
1,200 kg
Apogee
131,405 km
Perigee
below surface
Inclination
149.49°
Period
2.23 d
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CLUSTER II-FM8 (TANGO) across 96 days of archived orbital elements (98 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-578.1 km
Rate
-6.01 km/day
Now
-135 × 131405 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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