PREFIRE-2
Launch
Launched on May 25, 2024 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.
Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 20:09 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 25, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
514 km
Perigee
495 km
Inclination
97.39°
Period
1.58 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for PREFIRE-2 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.0 km
Rate
-0.02 km/day
Now
495 × 514 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.
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