MOLA
Launch
Launched on Mar 21, 2024 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), United States of America aboard a Electron.
Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 20:09 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Mar 21, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
361 km
Perigee
357 km
Inclination
49.98°
Period
1.53 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for MOLA across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-21.1 km
Rate
-0.36 km/day
Now
357 × 361 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
2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-053 (Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)).
- AEROCUBE 16A · 59290
- AEROCUBE 16B · 59291
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