NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER)

NORAD 56966· COSPAR 2023-084AL· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 12, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:33 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Argentina

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 12, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

428 km

Perigee

422 km

Inclination

97.58°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.6 km

Rate

-0.11 km/day

Now

422 × 428 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

16 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-084 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

BLACKJACK ACES-1 · 56956
ION SCV-011 · 56957
GHOST-3 · 56958
ORBITER SN3 · 56960
ICEYE-X25 · 56963
AFR-1 · 56964
LEMUR-2-EMBRIONOVIS · 56970
AAC-HSI-SAT2 · 56995
AAC-AIS-SAT2 · 56996
GEISAT PRECURSOR · 56934
NUSAT-40 (C SHOEMAKER) · 56943
NUSAT-41 (C PAYNE-G) · 56944
GREGOIRE · 56946
BLACKJACK ACES-3 · 56950
RUNNER-1 (TYVAK-1005) · 56953
BLACKJACK ACES-2 · 56955

Sources & further reading

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