PELICAN-1

NORAD 58296· COSPAR 2023-174AS· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Nov 11, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

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

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-21 12:35 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 11, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

381 km

Perigee

381 km

Inclination

97.39°

Period

1.53 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for PELICAN-1 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (149 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+26.3 km

Rate

+0.18 km/day

Now

381 × 381 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

41 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-174 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

FLOCK 4Q-28 · 58280
FLOCK 4Q-27 · 58282
FLOCK 4Q-26 · 58284
FLOCK 4Q-31 · 58285
FLOCK 4Q-30 · 58286
ICEYE-X31 · 58288
FALCONSAT-10 · 58291
ICEYE-X34 · 58294
SPACEVAN-001 · 58295
UMBRA-07 · 58297
SPIP · 58298
AETHER-2 · 58299
ION SCV-013 · 58300
LEO EXPRESS 1 · 58301
ICEYE-X35 · 58302
FLOCK 4Q-29 · 58304
FLOCK 4Q-22 · 58306
FLOCK 4Q-33 · 58308
FLOCK 4Q-35 · 58309
FLOCK 4Q-7 · 58318
FLOCK 4Q-2 · 58320
PROTOMETHEE · 58321
FLOCK 4Q-9 · 58322
OBSERVER-1A · 58323

…and 17 more from this launch.

Sources & further reading

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