SKYKRAFT-1A
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 2026-10-23 17:35 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Australian Space Agency
Country
Australia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jan 3, 2023
Mass
—
Apogee
486 km
Perigee
472 km
Inclination
97.31°
Period
1.57 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SKYKRAFT-1A across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.6 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
472 × 486 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
- SKYKRAFT-1 · 55041
- CONTINUUM-1 · 55045
- LYNK TOWER 3 · 55046
- NUSAT-33 (ALBANIA-2) · 55047
- NUSAT-35 (WILLIAMINA) · 55048
- ION SCV-008 · 55051
- EOSSAT-1 · 55053
- 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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