GNOMES-1
Launch
Launched on Aug 30, 2020 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1B →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 00:28 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 30, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
575 km
Perigee
561 km
Inclination
97.79°
Period
1.60 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GNOMES-1 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
561 × 575 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 2020-059 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1B).
- SAOCOM 1B · 46265
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