UNICORN-2L

NORAD 58727· COSPAR 2023-185R· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Dec 1, 2023 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 04:16 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

DLR

Country

Germany

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 1, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

512 km

Perigee

494 km

Inclination

97.53°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for UNICORN-2L across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

494 × 512 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

8 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2023-185 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare).

GNOMES-4 · 58462
KORSAT-7 · 58463
KOYOH · 58464
UHETSAT · 58466
ION SCV-015 · 58469
ALISIO-1 · 58562
NANOFF B · 58755
NANOFF A · 58810

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