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MESAT1

NORAD 60209· COSPAR 2024-125G· Active satellite· Amateur Radio· SSO
Launch
Launched on Jul 4, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 2W, United States of America aboard a Firefly Alpha.
Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 01:44 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
Launched
Jul 4, 2024
Mass
Apogee
354 km
Perigee
347 km
Inclination
97.21°
Period
1.52 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

MESAT 1, MESAT1-OSCAR 122 or MO-122 is an American university and amateur radio satellite.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for MESAT1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-38.3 km
Rate
-0.37 km/day
Now
347 × 354 km
371394347May 29Sep 9
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

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-125 (Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)).

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