GLOBAL-9
Launch
Launched on Mar 22, 2021 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.
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Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Mar 22, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
429 km
Perigee
424 km
Inclination
44.98°
Period
1.55 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GLOBAL-9 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.7 km
Rate
-0.13 km/day
Now
424 × 429 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.
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