ROCK

NORAD 60474· COSPAR 2024-149G· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Aug 16, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:06 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 16, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

445 km

Perigee

444 km

Inclination

97.37°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ROCK across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.1 km

Rate

-0.08 km/day

Now

444 × 445 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

60 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-149 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

TRANSPORTER-11 OBJECT A · 60468
FLOCK 4BE-17 · 60492
NUSAT-50 (NANCY ROMAN) · 60493
FLOCK 4BE-22 · 60494
FLOCK 4BE-34 · 60495
TYCHE · 60496
FLOCK 4BE-32 · 60497
NUSAT-48 (HENRIETTA LE*) · 60498
FLOCK 4BE-30 · 60499
NUSAT-49 (KLARA DAN VO*) · 60500
FLOCK 4BE-11 · 60501
YAM-7 · 60504
FLOCK 4BE-24 · 60505
LUR-1 · 60506
TANAGER-1 · 60507
EAGLEEYE · 60508
FLOCK 4BE-29 · 60509
TRANSPORTER-11 OBJECT AU · 60510
FLOCK 4BE-2 · 60511
FLOCK 4BE-13 · 60512
FLOCK 4BE-27 · 60513
FLOCK 4BE-9 · 60514
WARATAH SEED-1 · 60469
FLOCK 4BE-6 · 60516

…and 36 more from this launch.

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