SPACEMOBILE-005

NORAD 61046· COSPAR 2024-163B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Sep 12, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:19 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

AST SpaceMobile

Country

United States

Manufacturer

AST SpaceMobile

Launched

Sep 12, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

518 km

Perigee

506 km

Inclination

52.98°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SPACEMOBILE-005 across 67 days of archived orbital elements (68 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.9 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

506 × 518 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 2024-163 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1).

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