STRIX-8

NORAD 69701· COSPAR 2026-146A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Jun 26, 2026 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:56 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

JAXA

Country

Japan

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 26, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

566 km

Perigee

557 km

Inclination

41.99°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for STRIX-8 across 74 days of archived orbital elements (45 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.6 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

557 × 566 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

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2026-146 (Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10)).

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B · 69703

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