GESAT GEN1

NORAD 62612· COSPAR 2025-009D· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 14, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:49 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

CNES

Country

France

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 14, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

482 km

Perigee

479 km

Inclination

97.40°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GESAT GEN1 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

479 × 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

60 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-009 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

BUZZER-1 · 62609
FLOCK 4G-26 · 62633
FLOCK 4G-28 · 62634
GARAI-A · 62635
FLOCK 4G-20 · 62636
FLOCK 4G-24 · 62637
FLOCK 4G-3 · 62639
NUSAT-45 (UZMASAT-1) · 62640
FLOCK 4G-27 · 62641
FLOCK 4G-29 · 62642
ANSER LEADER-S · 62644
FLOCK 4G-22 · 62645
FLOCK 4G-25 · 62646
FLOCK 4G-23 · 62647
LIME · 62648
AE1C · 62649
FLOCK 4G-34 · 62650
FLOCK 4G-21 · 62651
FLOCK 4G-31 · 62652
PAUSAT-1 · 62653
BRO-16 · 62654
TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AY · 62655
TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT AZ · 62656
EDISON-1 · 62610

…and 36 more from this launch.

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