KESTREL-0A

NORAD 64624· COSPAR 2025-138D· 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 2026-10-23 23:40 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

504 km

Perigee

485 km

Inclination

97.45°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for KESTREL-0A across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-2.6 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

485 × 504 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
HAWK-12A · 64623

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