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MAKERSAT 0

NORAD 43016· COSPAR 2017-073D· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO
Launch
Launched on Nov 18, 2017 from Space Launch Complex 2W, United States of America aboard a Delta II 7920-10.
Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 02:30 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 18, 2017
Mass
—
Apogee
525 km
Perigee
393 km
Inclination
97.44°
Period
1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MAKERSAT 0 across 149 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-17.2 km
Rate
-0.12 km/day
Now
393 × 525 km
472550393May 29Oct 25
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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2017-073 (Delta II 7920-10 | JPSS 1 (Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft No. 1)).

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