HAWK-12A

NORAD 64623· COSPAR 2025-138C· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 26, 2025 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:48 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 26, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

523 km

Perigee

505 km

Inclination

97.44°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for HAWK-12A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

505 × 523 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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-138 (Electron | Get The Hawk Outta Here (4x HawkEye 360)).

HAWK-12C · 64621
HAWK-12B · 64622
KESTREL-0A · 64624

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