LARES-2

NORAD 53105· COSPAR 2022-080A· Active satellite· Science & Relay· MEO

Launch

Launched on Jul 13, 2022 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega-C.

Vega-C | LARES-2 (Maiden flight) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 05:15 UTC

Orbit class

MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)

Operator

Italian Space Agency

Country

Italy

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 13, 2022

Mass

297.5 kg

Apogee

5,902 km

Perigee

5,888 km

Inclination

70.15°

Period

3.76 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LARES-2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.0 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

5888 × 5902 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 2022-080 (Vega-C | LARES-2 (Maiden flight)).

GREENCUBE (IO-117) · 53109

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