APEX ARIES 1
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 2026-09-07 21:13 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Mar 4, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
396 km
Perigee
390 km
Inclination
97.56°
Period
1.54 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for APEX ARIES 1 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.7 km
Rate
-0.13 km/day
Now
390 × 396 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
- 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
- PE2_FLT2 (TYVAK-0262) · 59104
…and 8 more from this launch.
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