IMECE

NORAD 56178· COSPAR 2023-054A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Apr 15, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:37 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Turkey

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 15, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

684 km

Perigee

673 km

Inclination

98.11°

Period

1.64 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

673 × 684 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

11 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-054 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

NUSAT-38 (MARIA AGNESI) · 56202
NUSAT-37 (JOAN CLARKE) · 56203
GHGSAT-C6 · 56204
GHGSAT-C7 · 56209
AAC-HSI-SAT1 · 56225
GHGSAT-C8 · 56186
HAWK-7A · 56191
ION SCV-010 · 56192
HAWK-7B · 56193
HAWK-7C · 56200
NUSAT-39 (TIKVAH ALPER) · 56201

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