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MOMENTUS-X1

NORAD 44408· COSPAR 2019-038Y· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jul 5, 2019 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2-2 & rideshare payloads
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 01:52 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Launched
Jul 5, 2019
Mass
Apogee
355 km
Perigee
346 km
Inclination
97.67°
Period
1.52 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MOMENTUS-X1 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.3 km
Rate
-0.31 km/day
Now
346 × 355 km
353360346Aug 26Sep 9
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 2019-038 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2-2 & rideshare payloads).

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