CATSAT
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 2026-09-07 20:42 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
372 km
Perigee
352 km
Inclination
97.20°
Period
1.53 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CATSAT across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-6.7 km
Rate
-0.48 km/day
Now
352 × 372 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
4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-125 (Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)).
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