PELICAN-11

NORAD 69871· COSPAR 2026-156C· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jul 7, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 04:27 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 7, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

581 km

Perigee

578 km

Inclination

97.70°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for PELICAN-11 across 95 days of archived orbital elements (96 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-16.6 km

Rate

-0.17 km/day

Now

579 × 582 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

60 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-156 (Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)).

CAS500-4 · 69869
ICEYE-X80 · 69893
GRUS-3F · 69894
MIKROGLOB-1 (PIRX-1) · 69895
BRO-31 · 69896
SPEAR-1C · 69897
GRUS-3E · 69898
FOSSASAT-2E26 · 69899
SPEAR-1A · 69900
R5-S9 · 69901
CUBY-1 · 69902
BALKAN-3 · 69903
KITA-53 · 69904
LEMUR-2-ALEX-FULTON · 69905
TOM-3 · 69906
CUBY-5 · 69907
MISR-D 1 · 69908
KITA-36 · 69909
LEMUR-2-DELOITTE-5 · 69910
TRANSPORTER-17 OBJECT AU · 69911
MARMOTSAT · 69912
IPOS-TDSM · 69913
TOM-2 · 69914
MISR-D 2 · 69915

…and 36 more from this launch.

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