GLOBAL-18
Launch
Launched on Apr 2, 2022 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.
Electron | Without Mission A Beat (BlackSky 16-17) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 04:42 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 2, 2022
Mass
—
Apogee
423 km
Perigee
418 km
Inclination
52.98°
Period
1.55 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GLOBAL-18 across 60 days of archived orbital elements (61 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-7.4 km
Rate
-0.12 km/day
Now
418 × 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.
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