TANSTAAFL-2

NORAD 62378· COSPAR 2024-247B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 21, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 06:00 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 21, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

482 km

Perigee

482 km

Inclination

44.99°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TANSTAAFL-2 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.6 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

482 × 482 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

24 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-247 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)).

KORSAT-2 · 62377
CTC-0 · 62401
DJIBOUTI-1B · 62402
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT AC · 62403
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT AD · 62404
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT AE · 62405
HAWK-11B · 62379
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT D · 62380
HAWK-11C · 62381
HAWK-11A · 62382
LIZZIESAT-2 (LS-2) · 62383
ICEYE-X49 · 62384
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT J · 62385
TOMORROW-S4 · 62386
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT L · 62387
GITAI-SC1 · 62388
ICEYE-X47 · 62389
LASARSAT · 62391
TOMORROW-S3 · 62392
CROCUBE · 62394
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT U · 62395
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT V · 62396
BANDWAGON-2 OBJECT Y · 62399
XCUBE-1 · 62400

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