TIGER-8

NORAD 59120· COSPAR 2024-043Y· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Mar 4, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 03:58 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Rwanda

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 4, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

436 km

Perigee

429 km

Inclination

97.56°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TIGER-8 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.6 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

429 × 436 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

32 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-043 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

HORACIO · 59098
NUSAT-44 (MARIA MITCHE*) · 59122
LYNK TOWER 6 · 59123
VSP ROSE · 59124
TRANSPORTER-10 OBJECT AD · 59125
YAM-6 · 59126
JACKAL X-1L-001 · 59127
TRANSPORTER-10 OBJECT AG · 59128
APEX ARIES 1 · 59129
GHOST-5 · 59130
MESON-1 · 59131
LIZZIESAT-1 (LS-1) · 59132
GHOST-4 · 59133
JACKAL X-1L-002 · 59134
VSP RF A1 · 59135
VSP RF C1 · 59136
VSP RF B1 · 59137
TIGER-7 · 59141
MUSAT-2 · 59099
LEMUR-2-JOHNNYTRUONG · 59146
HAMMER · 59148
ICEYE-X38 · 59100
ICEYE-X37 · 59102
ICEYE-X36 · 59103

…and 8 more from this launch.

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