SKYKRAFT-1

NORAD 55041· COSPAR 2023-001AJ· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 3, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:46 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Australian Space Agency

Country

Australia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 3, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

347 km

Perigee

343 km

Inclination

97.31°

Period

1.52 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SKYKRAFT-1 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-5.5 km

Rate

-0.40 km/day

Now

343 × 347 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

25 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-001 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

STAR VIBE · 55009
LYNK TOWER 4 · 55034
CONTINUUM-1 · 55045
LYNK TOWER 3 · 55046
NUSAT-33 (ALBANIA-2) · 55047
NUSAT-35 (WILLIAMINA) · 55048
ION SCV-008 · 55051
EOSSAT-1 · 55053
SKYKRAFT-1A · 55054
VIGORIDE-5 · 55056
MENUT · 55010
ION SCV-007 · 55060
SKYKRAFT-1C · 55061
YAM-5 · 55076
BRO-8 · 55011
HUYGENS · 55093
KUWAITSAT-1 · 55103
SHARJAHSAT-1 · 55104
CONNECTA T1.2 · 55012
AAC-AIS-SAT1 · 55107
ASTROCAST-0402 · 55109
ASTROCAST-0401 · 55110
ASTROCAST-0403 · 55111
ASTROCAST-0404 · 55112

…and 1 more from this launch.

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