CONNECTA IOT-16

NORAD 67390· COSPAR 2026-004AD· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jan 11, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:53 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Turkey

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 11, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

518 km

Perigee

511 km

Inclination

97.46°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

511 × 518 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

39 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-004 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission).

LEMUR-2 FIKRETDENGIZ · 67363
LEMUR-2-KATIE · 67387
LEMUR-2-HCS-BAZUS · 67388
HYDRA-2 · 67389
FLAMINGO-1 · 67391
HAWK-13A · 67392
HAWK-13C · 67393
TWILIGHT-1 OBJECT AH · 67394
PANDORA · 67395
HAWK-13B · 67396
CARBSAR · 67397
TOMORROW-S10 · 67398
TOMORROW-S11 · 67399
CONNECTA IOT-13 · 67400
CONNECTA IOT-14 · 67401
CONNECTA IOT-15 · 67402
TWILIGHT-1 OBJECT B · 67364
LEMUR-2-MARIO-SOUSA · 67365
LEMUR-2 CALLUM-K-J · 67366
LEMUR-2-SONNENBLUME · 67367
LEMUR-2-WOBLER · 67368
BLACKCAT · 67369
LEMUR-2-GRAM-E-SUE · 67370
UMBRA-12 · 67371

…and 15 more from this launch.

Sources & further reading

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