CYGNUS NG-24
NORAD 68689· COSPAR 2026-079A· ISS / Science· LEO
Launch
Launched on Apr 11, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-12 11:02 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 11, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
413 km
Perigee
172 km
Inclination
51.63°
Period
1.50 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CYGNUS NG-24 across 136 days of archived orbital elements (138 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+4.3 km
Rate
+0.03 km/day
Now
428 × 432 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.
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