HAWK-8B

NORAD 59445· COSPAR 2024-066D· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Apr 7, 2024 from Launch Complex 39A, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 12:09 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 7, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

579 km

Perigee

575 km

Inclination

45.61°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for HAWK-8B across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

575 × 579 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

10 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-066 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)).

TSAT-1A · 59442
HAWK-8A · 59443
CAPELLA-14 (ACADIA-4) · 59444
HAWK-9A · 59446
QPS-SAR-7 (TSUKUYOMI-II) · 59447
HAWK-9C · 59448
HAWK-8C · 59449
HAWK-9B · 59450
CENTAURI-6 · 59451
KORSAT-1 · 59452

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