GNOMES-1

NORAD 46266· COSPAR 2020-059B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

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 2026-09-08 13:11 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

577 km

Perigee

560 km

Inclination

97.80°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GNOMES-1 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

560 × 577 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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