SHERPA-AC1

NORAD 52763· COSPAR 2022-057AH· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on May 25, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

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

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 09:52 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 25, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

464 km

Perigee

453 km

Inclination

97.68°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SHERPA-AC1 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

453 × 464 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

9 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-057 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

HAWK-5B · 52756
HAWK-5A · 52757
VIGORIDE-3 · 52760
ION SCV-006 · 52761
OMNI-L2 · 52771
GHGSAT-C3 · 52737
GHGSAT-C5 · 52744
GHGSAT-C4 · 52746
HAWK-5C · 52754

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