GLOBAL-16

NORAD 49950· COSPAR 2021-120B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 9, 2021 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | A Data With Destiny (BlackSky 14-15) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:24 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 9, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

423 km

Perigee

405 km

Inclination

41.99°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GLOBAL-16 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.9 km

Rate

-0.14 km/day

Now

405 × 423 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 2021-120 (Electron | A Data With Destiny (BlackSky 14-15)).

GLOBAL-17 · 49949

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