EXCITE

NORAD 43819· COSPAR 2018-099BP· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Dec 3, 2018 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:27 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 3, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

564 km

Perigee

536 km

Inclination

97.39°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.2 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

536 × 564 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

32 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-099 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A).

MINXSS-2 · 43758
SNUSAT-2 · 43782
KAZSTSAT · 43783
SNUGLITE · 43784
ITASAT · 43786
EAGLET-I · 43790
ESEO · 43792
HAWK-B · 43794
THEA · 43796
SKYSAT-C12 · 43797
ASTROCAST 0.1 · 43798
HAWK-C · 43799
ICEYE-X2 · 43800
JY1SAT (JO-97) · 43803
SUOMI-100 · 43804
SIRION PATHFINDER-2 · 43759
EUCROPIS · 43807
POLAR SCOUT YUKON · 43808
CENTAURI-1 · 43809
NEXTSAT-1 · 43811
GLOBAL-2 · 43812
FALCONSAT-6 · 43815
SEAHAWK-1 · 43820
STPSAT-5 · 43762

…and 8 more from this launch.

Sources & further reading

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