GHGSAT-C2

NORAD 47509· COSPAR 2021-006DA· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 24, 2021 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 01:32 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Canadian Space Agency

Country

Canada

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 24, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

457 km

Perigee

448 km

Inclination

97.20°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GHGSAT-C2 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.7 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

448 × 457 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-006 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

CUBEL · 47448
CELESTIS-17 & SHERPA-FX1 · 47486
HAWK-2C · 47502
ION SCV-002 · 47504
HAWK-2A · 47505
HAWK-2B · 47508

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