FOURIER

NORAD 65298· COSPAR 2025-185B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Aug 23, 2025 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:31 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Rwanda

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 23, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

642 km

Perigee

620 km

Inclination

97.97°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.6 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

620 × 642 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 2025-185 (Electron | Live, Laugh, Launch (Calistus A-E)).

DRESDEN · 65297
STARK · 65299
BASIL · 65301
DOJO · 65302

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