ANDESITE
Launch
Launched on Jun 13, 2020 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.
Electron | Don't Stop Me Now (Rideshare) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 00:06 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 13, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
559 km
Perigee
545 km
Inclination
97.78°
Period
1.59 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for ANDESITE across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.7 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
545 × 559 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
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2020-037 (Electron | Don't Stop Me Now (Rideshare)).
- M2 PATHFINDER · 45727
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