CATSAT

NORAD 60246· COSPAR 2024-125J· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· 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 2026-10-24 02:08 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

330 km

Perigee

314 km

Inclination

97.18°

Period

1.51 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Decaying

Change

-46.5 km

Rate

-0.79 km/day

Now

315 × 331 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)).

2024-125A · 60203
R5-S4 · 60206
R5-S2 · 60207
MESAT1 · 60209

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