GLOBAL-5

NORAD 55983· COSPAR 2023-041C· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Mar 24, 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 02:02 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 24, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

466 km

Perigee

454 km

Inclination

42.00°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GLOBAL-5 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.1 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

454 × 466 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 2023-041 (Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)).

GLOBAL-19 · 55982

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