FOREST-16 (SOWITASGOHT)
Launch
Launched on May 3, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 11:57 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
—
Country
TBD
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 3, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
596 km
Perigee
590 km
Inclination
97.73°
Period
1.61 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for FOREST-16 (SOWITASGOHT) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (22 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-3.0 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
590 × 596 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
44 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-100 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others).
- PEARL-1B · 68980
- GEN1A-1 · 69004
- GEN1A-2 · 69005
- JEN-1 · 69006
- BRO-21 · 69007
- YAM-14 · 69008
- CAS500-2 RIDESHARE OBJE* · 69009
- DRISHTI · 69010
- EYCORE-1 · 69011
- JACKAL-004 · 69012
- CAS500-2 · 69013
- CAS500-2 RIDESHARE OBJE* · 69014
- FRONTIERSAT · 69015
- RAVEN · 69016
- EDDA-1 · 69017
- PELICAN-8 · 69018
- PELICAN-9 · 69019
- SELENE · 69020
- HELIOS · 69021
- HYDRA-3 · 69022
- QUBE-II · 69023
- BALKAN-2 · 69024
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-7 · 68981
- IRIDE-MS2-HEO-10 · 68982
…and 20 more from this launch.
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