GRACE-FO 2

NORAD 43477· COSPAR 2018-047B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 22, 2018 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 4.

Falcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-6 & GRACE-FO →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:06 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 22, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

461 km

Perigee

445 km

Inclination

89.00°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GRACE-FO 2 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.2 km

Rate

-0.09 km/day

Now

445 × 461 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-047 (Falcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-6 & GRACE-FO).

GRACE-FO 1 · 43476
IRIDIUM 161 · 43478
IRIDIUM 152 · 43479
IRIDIUM 147 · 43480
IRIDIUM 110 · 43481
IRIDIUM 162 · 43482

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