CAPELLA-16 (ACADIA-6)

NORAD 65318· COSPAR 2025-188D· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Aug 26, 2025 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:08 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 26, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

590 km

Perigee

586 km

Inclination

97.73°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CAPELLA-16 (ACADIA-6) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

586 × 590 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

7 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-188 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | NAOS).

PELICAN-3 · 65315
PELICAN-4 · 65316
NAOS · 65317
FFLY03 · 65319
FFLY01 · 65320
LEAP-1 · 65321
FFLY02 · 65322

Sources & further reading

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