Launch times are in UTC and are either from the launching agency or estimated by 'walking back' along the ground track to the launch site. Most orbit data and decay information comes from SpaceTrack. The Space-Track data occasionally contains inconsistencies (eg - incorrect re-entry dates or early sets of elements allocated to the wrong object) that need to be corrected from other sources.

To fill the gaps where elements are not formally published, usually because they have a classification of "Secret", some orbits are based on amateur observations. Such data is published near-daily by Mike McCants. Occasionally, orbits are estimated by myself from public data.

Space-Track sometimes has insufficient information to allocate names to objects in its catalogue. In these cases, names are derived from public information.

Apogee and perigee are measured against a spherical Earth with a radius of 6378.145 km, assumed to be situated at the focus of the orbital ellipse. The value for the orbital period is the Anomalistic Period, or time to complete one circuit of the ellipse. It is not the same as the time taken to complete one circuit of the Earth. Care should be exercised when comparing Orbital Focus data with other published orbits because they may have been derived using a different model.

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2021-001 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Jan 5, 02:15
Türksat 5A 2021-001A 47306						in space
Turkish comsat offering telecommunication service, direct TV broadcasting and broadband connections for Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Separated from launch vehicle at 02:48 UTC. GEO achieved over a period of four months by use of an electric thruster. Arrived on-station May 3. Expected location - 31° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jan 9, 02:27	34027	0.8042	283	55014	1041.09	17.65	180
2021 Jan 24, 22:22	36696	0.7730	1953	58683	1165.99	14.15	184
2021 Feb 15, 21:51	40787	0.6639	7329	61488	1366.27	8.07	192
2021 Feb 22, 20:48	41498	0.6111	9760	60478	1402.14	6.32	194
2021 Mar 3, 15:35	42058	0.5462	12708	58653	1430.66	5.00	198	116°.3 W
2021 Mar 16, 12:36	41247	0.4565	16038	53700	1389.46	3.51	198
2021 Apr 1, 10:19	42733	0.3131	22975	49735	1465.23	2.08	203
2021 Apr 15, 19:02	42567	0.1852	28306	44070	1456.67	1.13	205
2021 Apr 30, 19:26	42322	0.0253	34873	37015	1444.15	0.24	190
2021 May 3, 01:04	42165	0.0000	35785	35788	1436.09	0.02	194	30°.8 E
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-001B 47307						in space
Launched Türksat 5A.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 9, 02:26	34159	0.8055	266	55295	1047.15	17.61	180

2021-002 LauncherOne Boeing 747, Pacific Ocean off California						2021 Jan 17, 19:39
CAPE 3 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment) 2021-002A 47309						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 21 Life 1130 days
1U Cubesat from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Allows schools to access the Smartphone CubeSat Classroom to operate experiments. Also includes a radiation detector and an imaging system. Identified from radio observations by Nico Janssen.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 20, 16:31	6883	0.0018	493	517	94.72	60.68	289
PolarCube 2021-002B 47310						Re-entered - 2023 Jun 6 Life 870 days
3U Cubesat from University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Scientific investigation mission to determine sea ice concentration and extent while collecting profile data on atmospheric temperature.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 19:59	6882	0.0015	494	515	94.70	60.68	289
RadFXSat 2 (Fox 1E) 2021-002C 47311						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 24 Life 1193 days
1U Cubesat from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Technology demonstration mission to improve understanding the effects of space radiation on microelectronic components. Also carries an amateur radio package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 18, 18:44	6880	0.0013	494	511	94.66	60.69	280
PICs A (Passive Inspection Cubesat) 2021-002D 47312						Re-entered - 2022 May 4 Life 472 days
1U Cubesat from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. One of a pair of simultaneously-launched Cubesats as a technology demonstration of a spacecraft capable of performing inspection, maintenance and assembly on another spacecraft. They were set to image each other and the launch vehicle at the time of release. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 15:14	6880	0.0013	493	511	94.66	60.69	284
Prometheus 2-11 2021-002E 47313						Re-entered - 2023 May 2 Life 835 days
1.5U Cubesat in the Prometheus programme of the US Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prometheus Block 2 satellites act as a host for separately-produced payloads. Satellite purpose not known.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 18, 20:18	6879	0.0015	490	511	94.63	60.69	265
MiTEE (Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment) 2021-002F 47314						Re-entered - 2023 Jun 15 Life 879 days
3U Cubesat from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Technology demonstration mission to prove the electrodynamic (ED) tether concept in space.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 19:56	6877	0.0014	489	509	94.60	60.69	258
PICs B (Passive Inspection Cubesat) 2021-002G 47315						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 19 Life 1097 days
1U Cubesat from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. One of a pair of simultaneously-launched Cubesats as a technology demonstration of a spacecraft capable of performing inspection, maintenance and assembly on another spacecraft. They were set to image each other and the launch vehicle at the time of release. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 20, 16:25	6876	0.0012	490	506	94.57	60.68	252
ExoCube 2 2021-002L 47319						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 30 Life 1199 days
3U Cubesat from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Used to study space weather by measuring the density of hydrogen, oxygen, helium and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere. Identified from radio observations by Nico Janssen.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 19:59	6881	0.0014	494	513	94.69	60.68	287
Prometheus 2-8 2021-002N 47345						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 27 Life 830 days
1.5U Cubesat in the Prometheus programme of the US Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prometheus Block 2 satellites act as a host for separately-produced payloads. Satellite purpose not known.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 20:28	6879	0.0015	490	511	94.63	60.68	266
CACTUS 1 (Coordinated Applied Capitol Technology University Satellite) 2021-002xx						in space
3U Cubesat from Capitol Technology University, Laurel, Maryland, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. CoNsists of two joined 1U Cubesats - TrapSat, uses aerogel to capture and profile micrometeorites and microdebris and the second payload is an internet comsat demonstration.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6879	0.0014	491	510	94.63	60.70	266
Q-PACE (Cubesat Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment) 2021-002xx						in space
3U Cubesat from University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Science mission to perform long duration microgravity experiments to study dust collisions in the early protoplanetary disk.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6879	0.0014	491	510	94.63	60.70	266
TechEdSat 7 2021-002xx						in space
2U Cubesat from NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, one of nine missions in Nasa's ELaNa 20 cluster of cubesats. Technology mission that will test the ‘Disposal’ Exo-Brake drag device that will help de-orbit satellites from higher orbits. The mission will test communications systems and radiation tolerant computer equipment and will test tracking systems for small satellites. As of 2021 mid-May there was no evidence of the drag device having been deployed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6879	0.0014	491	510	94.63	60.70	266
Launcher One upper stage 2021-002H 47316						Re-entered - 2023 Jun 7 Life 871 days
Launched cluster of small satellites comprising NASA's ELaNa 20 mission. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites in order to reduce orbital life.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 18, 09:31	6838	0.0065	416	504	93.78	60.70	211

2021-003 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Jan 19, 16:25
Tiantong 1-03 2021-003B 47321						in space
Part of Chinese satellite-based mobile telecom network - operated by China Telecom. Provides services including voice, short messages and data transmission for users in China and surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Probably entered geosynchronous drift orbit about six hours after lift-off and arrived on station a small number of days later.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jan 19, 19:52	24377	0.7309	182	35815	631.29	28.50	180
2021 Feb 1, 20:33	42164	0.0002	35777	35795	1436.07	5.51	334	81°.6 E
2023 Feb 12, 06:13	42164	0.0004	35770	35803	1436.08	3.91	13	81°.5 E
CZ-3B upper stage 2021-003B 47322						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 28 Life 433 days
Launched Tiantong 1-03. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites in order to shorten on-orbit life.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 19, 19:26	23659	0.7239	154	34409	603.62	28.48	179

2021-004 Electron (Another One Leaves The Crust) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 Jan 20, 07:26
GMS-T 2021-004A 47346						in space
Small satellite built and operated by German company OHB for, possibly, a Chinese customer. Technology demonstrator or prototype - probably broadband communications.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 15, 17:14	7592	0.0005	1210	1218	109.73	90.00	67
2021 Feb 24, 11:39	7591	0.0005	1209	1216	109.69	90.02	89
2021 Mar 1, 15:59	7586	0.0001	1208	1209	109.60	90.00	51
2021 Mar 11, 11:33	7578	0.0001	1199	1200	109.42	90.01	185
2021 Mar 13, 09:09	7577	0.0001	1198	1200	109.40	90.00	195
2021 Mar 29, 15:32	7576	0.0003	1196	1200	109.37	90.00	160
Electron third stage (kick stage) 2021-004B 47347						in space
Launched GMS-T. Perigee lowered after releasing the satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 20, 15:28	7212	0.0521	458	1209	101.59	89.99	307
Electron second stage 2021-004C 47348						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 16 Life 239 days
Launched GMS-T.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 20, 16:49	7092	0.0705	214	1214	99.07	90.00	271

2021-005 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 16) Kennedy Space Center						2021 Jan 20, 13:02
Starlink 1952 2021-005A 47349						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 17 Life 605 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Catalogue number subject to confirmation. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 25, 20:29	6671	0.0008	287	298	90.37	53.05	274
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jan 20 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-006 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Transporter 1) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Jan 24, 15:00
Starlink 2199 2021-006A 47413						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 17 Life 327 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of ten LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 560-580 km altitude. Released as part of a batch of ten satellies at 16:31 UTC. One of a group of ten Starlink satellites carried by Transporter 1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Feb 2, 22:00	6901	0.0012	515	531	95.09	97.51	231	09:36
Astrocast 03 (Astrocast 0101) 2021-006T 47430						in space
3U Cubesat in a planned eighty satellite constellation to provide communications for internet-connected devices. One of five similar satellites carried on this launch. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 6, 15:09	6906	0.0010	521	535	95.20	97.51	201
V-R3x 2021-006AA 47437						in space
1U Cubesat - NASA demonstrator mission under its PACE (Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors) initiative to prove the ability to take high-precision data on spacecraft distance, send data from one spacecraft to the other at a high data rate, coordinate radiation measurements using onboard sensors, and keep track of the orientation and formation of all three spacecraft. Released from the Maverick Mercury dispenser. One of three similar satellites released from the Maverick Mercury dispenser.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 25, 18:58	6906	0.0012	520	536	95.19	97.51	240
UVSQ-Sat (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines Satellite) 2021-006AB 47438						Re-entered - 2024 Oct 30 Life 1375 days
1U Cubesat - demonstrator mission from Université de Versailles to test instruments measuring the Earth's Radiation Budget and SOlar Spectral Irradiance of the Earth. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 31, 21:01	6906	0.0012	519	536	95.19	97.51	203
YUSAT 2021-006AC 47439						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 30 Life 1283 days
1.5U Cubesat from Taiwan carrying an AIS receiver to track vessels on the ocean surface and to carry short ship-to-shore messages. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 12, 10:49	6906	0.0013	518	537	95.19	97.51	163
Insight Aurora (Charlie) 2021-006AD 47440						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 6 Life 1290 days
1.5U Cubesat - from Lithuania carrying a device from Finnish company Aurora Propulsion Technologies to demonstrate a water-fuelled thruster and a plasma thruster de-orbit sytem at end of life.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 1, 19:15	6906	0.0012	519	536	95.19	97.51	203
ASELSAT 2021-006AE 47441						Re-entered - 2024 Jun 13 Life 1236 days
3U Cubesat developed by ASELSAN of Turkey equipped with an imaging system and instrumentation to study radiation in LEO. Released from the Kepler Aeropace port. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 25, 18:58	6906	0.0011	520	536	95.19	97.51	227
SOMP 2b (Students' Oxygen Measurement Project) 2021-006AJ 47445						Re-entered - 2024 Nov 19 Life 1395 days
2U Cubesat from the Technische Universität of Dresden with a payload to test materials for future space use, to test a system for converting solar heat to electric current, and to measure residual atmosphere around the satellite. Released from EXOport 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 31, 22:37	6906	0.0012	520	536	95.20	97.50	207
PIXL-1 2021-006AM 47448						in space
3U Cubesat - joint mission between Tesat and DLR to demonstrate a laser-based communication system for Cubesats. The system will transmit high-rlolution images to ground stations and is a demonstrator for the planned CubeLCT constellation of satellites. Released from EXOport 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 25, 22:09	6906	0.0011	520	536	95.19	97.52	228
2023 Feb 13, 09:41	6898	0.0012	512	529	95.03	97.42	158
SpaceBEE 40 2021-006AN 47449						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 8 Life 804 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location. Released from EXOport 2. One of a batch of 24 SpaceBee satellites released from EXOport 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 28, 04:07	6906	0.0011	520	536	95.20	97.51	221
2023 Feb 13, 03:04	6804	0.0004	423	429	93.09	97.40	164
Lemur-2 (Neva) 2021-006AP 47450						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 23 Life 1094 days
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Released from Nanoracks EYRIES. One of eight Lemur-2 satellites released from Nanoracks EYRIES.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 5, 16:56	6906	0.0012	520	536	95.20	97.51	189
2023 Feb 13, 10:07	6870	0.0010	485	499	94.45	97.42	154
IDEASSat (Ionosphere Dynamics Explorer and Attitude Subsystem Satellite) 2021-006AX 47458						Re-entered - 2024 Dec 14 Life 1420 days
3U Cubesat from Taiwan to study space plasma in the ionosphere and its effects on radio communication. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 1, 00:13	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.20	97.51	204
PTD 1 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 1) 2021-006BX 47482						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 3 Life 1105 days
1U Cubesat - from NASA Ames Research Center, ELaNa 35 mission. Released from Sherpa FX-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 31, 22:40	6907	0.0009	523	536	95.22	97.51	208
ARCE 1A 2021-006BY 47483						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 25 Life 1096 days
0.5U Cubesat from the University of South Florida acting as a testbed for inter-satellite communications. One of a group of three similar satellites released by Sherpa FX-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 31, 21:05	6908	0.0009	523	536	95.22	97.51	209
2023 Feb 13, 02:30	6871	0.0008	487	498	94.47	97.41	158
Sherpa FX-1 2021-006CB 47486						in space
Satelllite carrier built by Spaceflight inc - released from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle upper stage at 16:16 UTC then deployed deployed thirteen satellites shortly afterwards: ARCE (3 satellites), Astrocast (5 satellites), Hawkeye (3 satellites), Prometheus 2-10, PTD-1. Also hosts two payloads that were not designed to be released as separate satellites, taking the total to fifteen payloads: Celestis 17 - space 'burial' mission carrying human ashes, Eyestar-Tagsat from Nearspace - testing a radio-identification system for Cubesats.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 27, 04:20	6908	0.0009	523	536	95.23	97.51	226
2023 Feb 13, 10:23	6901	0.0010	516	529	95.08	97.40	163
Capella 3 (Whitney 1) 2021-006CE 47489						Re-entered - 2023 Feb 26 Life 763 days
Second generation satellite from Capella Space carrying Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth imaging. Member of a planned thirty satellite constellation. Released at 16:13 UTC followed by its companion at 16:15 UTC. Estimated initial orbit via Celestrak. One of two similar satellites carried on this launch. aimed at similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 1, 19:19	6908	0.0009	523	536	95.23	97.51	205
2023 Feb 13, 10:25	6732	0.0005	351	357	91.62	97.41	253
QPS-SAR 2 (Izanami) 2021-006CS 47485						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 11 Life 1173 days
Small satellite from Japanese company iQPS, equipped with an Earth imaging radar. Precursor for a constellation that will ultimately consist of 36 satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 31, 03:37	6908	0.0010	523	536	95.23	97.51	210
2023 Feb 13, 14:36	6877	0.0009	493	505	94.59	97.41	158
ION SCV-002 (Laurentius) 2021-006CV 47504						in space
Satellite Carrier Vehicle built by D-Orbit - released from launch vehicle at 16:16 UTC carrying: Flock 4S satellites (x8), SpaceBEE satellites (x12). Also carries two non-separated experiments packages: ARGO, a fully autonomous plug & play star tracker developed by EICAS Automazione, DRAGO - Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations, a short-wave infrared space camera for Earth observation developed by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC). Conducted tests of attitude control and orbit manoeuvring thrusters 2021 April. Deployed drag sail 2022 Dec.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 3, 15:48	6908	0.0009	523	536	95.23	97.51	198
2021 Apr 5, 22:29	6908	0.0010	523	537	95.23	97.50	5
2021 Apr 10, 13:35	6903	0.0014	515	534	95.12	97.50	343
2021 Apr 23, 17:15	6902	0.0014	514	533	95.11	97.46	295
2021 Apr 27, 00:34	6903	0.0015	514	535	95.12	97.40	278
2023 Feb 12, 20:06	6895	0.0021	503	531	94.97	97.18	141
Hawk 2A (Cluster 2 #1 ) 2021-006CW 47505						in space
SIGINT (signals intelligence) satellite from Hawkeye 360 to map radio transmissions worldwide. The three satellites fly in formation and the time differences between signal arrival will allow pinpointing of the location of the transmitter.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 4, 21:59	6908	0.0010	523	537	95.23	97.51	191
2023 Feb 13, 02:46	6899	0.0010	514	528	95.04	97.41	168
XR-1 2021-006CY 47507						Re-entered - 2025 May 13 Life 1570 days
Small satellite fitted with a sythetic aperture radar for Earth surface imaging. US-built version of Finnish ICEYE satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 27, 15:27	6908	0.0009	524	536	95.24	97.52	225
GHGSat C2 (Hugo) 2021-006DA 47509						in space
Small satellite in a planned constellation being built for GHGSat Inc of Montreal. It will monitor greenhouse gases emitted from sources on the ground. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 4, 12:29	6909	0.0009	524	536	95.24	97.50	196
2023 Feb 13, 13:18	6897	0.0009	513	525	95.00	97.40	162
ICEYE X8 2021-006DB 47510						in space
Small satellite fitted with a sythetic aperture radar for Earth surface imaging. Ultimately intended to be part of an eighteen satellite constellation. Released from EXOport 2. One of two similar satellites released from EXOport 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 4, 10:54	6909	0.0008	525	536	95.25	97.51	197
2023 Feb 13, 11:19	6892	0.0008	508	520	94.90	97.41	160
Flock 4S-37 2021-006DN 47522						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 27 Life 1342 days
3U cubesat - one of Planet's Flock 4S cluster of second generation imaging satellites. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port. One of of a group of four similar satellites carried on the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 27, 13:53	6909	0.0007	526	536	95.26	97.52	231
2023 Feb 13, 10:16	6876	0.0007	493	502	94.57	97.41	160
Kepler 09 (Artemis) 2021-006DX 47531						Re-entered - 2024 Jun 14 Life 1237 days
6U Cubesat - Kepler Gen 1 satellite, part of a planned 140 satellite constellation from Kepler Aerospace carrying a high capacity communications system to provide links between other satellites and the ground, and a prototype of an Internet communications system. One of of a group of eight similar satellites carried on the Kepler Aerospace port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 27, 20:14	6909	0.0008	526	537	95.26	97.52	235
Hiber 4 2021-006EB 47541						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 1 Life 1316 days
3U Cubesat - demonstrator for a 'green' propulsion system using nitrous oxide and propylene. Thruster will be used to raise the orbit by about 100 km over a few weeks. Released from the Kepler Aerospace port. As of 2021 Mar 20, there was no detectable change in the orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 1, 19:16	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.21	97.51	202
2023 Feb 13, 03:03	6883	0.0010	498	512	94.72	97.40	156
Flock 4S-1 2021-006ED 47543						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 16 Life 1300 days
3U cubesat - one of Planet's Flock 4S cluster of second generation imaging satellites. Released from the Planet Labs port. Initial orbit estimate via Celestrak. One of of a group of 36 similar satellites released from the Planet Labs port.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 1, 19:17	6907	0.0010	521	536	95.21	97.51	197
2023 Feb 13, 02:51	6876	0.0009	491	504	94.56	97.41	146
Prometheus 2-10 2021-006EH 47616						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 19 Life 1090 days
1.5U Cubesat in the Prometheus programme of the US Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prometheus Block 2 satellites act as a host for separately-produced payloads. Satellite purpose not known. Released from Sherpa FX-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 9, 09:56	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.22	97.51	179
Flock 4S-41 2021-006ER 47698						Re-entered - 2024 Oct 11 Life 1356 days
3U cubesat - one of Planet's Flock 4S cluster of second generation imaging satellites. One of eight similar satellites on this launch, released from Ion SCV (47504/2021-006CV), all were aimed at similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 24, 10:31	6909	0.0013	522	539	95.25	97.51	128
2023 Feb 12, 21:28	6875	0.0008	491	503	94.56	97.41	164
SpaceBEE 65 2021-006ES 48626						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 8 Life 804 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location. One of 24 SpaceBee satellites carried on this launch, released from Ion SCV (47504/2021-006CV) 2021 May 11, all were aimed at similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 19, 18:17	6901	0.0016	512	534	95.09	97.26	186
2023 Feb 12, 20:43	6801	0.0008	417	428	93.02	97.17	120
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jan 17 Life <1 day
Launched Tranporter 1 group of 143 payloads. Caused to re-enter obove the Pacific Ocean about 2 hrs, 1.5 circuits after lift-off. Released directly from launch vehicle: 16:13 UTC - Capella 3 16:14 UTC - iQSP 16:15 UTC - Capella 4 16:16 UTC - Sherpa FX-1 (including 20 passengers) 16:16 UTC - ION SCV (including 13 passengers) 16:31 UTC - Starlink (x10) Released from Planet Labs port, sequence beginning 15:58 UTC: Flock 4S (x36) Released from Kepler Aerospace port, sequence beginning 15:59 UTC: Kepler (x8) Flock 4S (x4) UVSQ IDEASSat YUSat ASELSat Hiber 4 Released from Maverick Mercury dispenser, sequence beginning 15:59 UTC R-V3X (x3) Released from EXOport 2, sequence beginning 16:08 UTC: SpaceBEE (x24) SOMP 2b PIXL 1 Aurora Charlie XR-1 Released from Nanoracks Eyries 1, sequence beginning 16:09 UTC: Lemur (x8) GHG-Sat Released from EXOport 1, sequence beginning 16:14 UTC: Iceye (x2)
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-007 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Jan 29, 04:47
Yaogan 31-02 Outlier 2021-007A 47532						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-02 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 29, 22:04	7472	0.0004	1091	1097	107.13	63.41	274
2021 Feb 2, 10:48	7493	0.0010	1108	1123	107.59	63.41	261
2021 Feb 21, 02:51	7486	0.0008	1102	1114	107.43	63.40	261
2021 Feb 22, 07:04	7477	0.0003	1096	1101	107.23	63.41	39
2021 Feb 25, 10:02	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	282
2021 Mar 3, 08:46	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	284
2023 Feb 13, 12:20	7468	0.0067	1040	1140	107.04	63.41	353
2025 Feb 24, 10:12	7467	0.0134	990	1189	107.03	63.40	359
Yaogan 31-02 Folower 2021-007B 47533						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-02 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 30, 01:39	7472	0.0005	1091	1098	107.14	63.41	276
2021 Feb 2, 10:31	7458	0.0012	1071	1088	106.83	63.41	348
2021 Feb 23, 04:31	7468	0.0009	1083	1096	107.04	63.41	283
2021 Feb 28, 16:32	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	284
2023 Feb 13, 12:20	7468	0.0067	1040	1140	107.04	63.41	353
2025 Feb 24, 10:12	7467	0.0134	989	1189	107.03	63.40	359
Yaogan 31-02 Leader 2021-007E 47536						in space
Remote sensing satellite described as used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests. Orbiting in close formation with the other two satellites from the launch, its purpose may be signals or electronic intelligence gathering over the world's oceans, a similar task to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination. Formation was set up Feb 24 after one month of phasing manoeuvres.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 29, 09:34	7471	0.0002	1092	1095	107.12	63.40	258
2021 Feb 1, 10:40	7458	0.0012	1071	1088	106.82	63.41	265
2021 Feb 19, 11:18	7467	0.0010	1081	1096	107.02	63.41	295
2021 Mar 3, 14:07	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	283
2023 Feb 13, 12:20	7468	0.0067	1040	1140	107.04	63.41	353
2025 Feb 24, 10:12	7467	0.0134	989	1189	107.03	63.40	359
CZ 4C third stage 2021-007F 47537						in space
Launched Yaogan 31-02 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jan 29, 08:10	7386	0.0117	921	1094	105.28	63.46	28

2021-F01 - failed to reach orbit Hyperbola 1 (Y2) Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Feb 1, 07:54
Unknown payload(s?)
Lost when the launch vehicle fell short of orbital velocity due to the additional mass of the payload fairing when it failed to separate. Apparently aimed at 500 km sun-synchronous orbit with LTDN around 14:15. Launch time is approximate.

2021-008 Soyuz-2.1b Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2021 Feb 2, 20:45
Cosmos 2549 (Lotos-S1 № 4) 2021-008A 47546						in space
Electronic intelligence gathering - signals intelligence (SIGINT) satellite. Vehicle is based on the design of the Yantar satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 3, 04:49	6948	0.0475	240	899	96.05	67.14	92
2021 Feb 3, 20:50	6950	0.0471	244	899	96.10	67.14	92
2021 Feb 9, 12:31	7283	0.0007	900	910	103.10	67.15	285
Soyuz upper stage 2021-008B 47547						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 3 Life 394 days
Launched Cosmos 2549.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 2, 22:26	6935	0.0461	237	877	95.80	67.14	92

2021-009 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 17) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Feb 4, 06:19
Starlink 1782 2021-009A 47548						Re-entered - 2025 Feb 5 Life 1462 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 07:24 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 11, 16:00	6679	0.0001	300	302	90.54	53.05	67
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Feb 4 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-010 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Feb 4, 15:36
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 6 (Communication Technology Test 6, TJS 6) 2021-010A 47613						in space
Described as a technology test satellite, TJS 6 is probably military in nature and possibly with a missile early warning rôle. Manoeuvred to geosynchronous drift orbit 2021 Feb 5 or Feb 6 and settled at its geosynchronous location after a small number of days. It joined TJS 6 (44978/2020-002A) and they remained together until Apr 16, approaching to within 10 km of each other.TJS 5 then departed for a new location.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Feb 5, 04:57	24380	0.7305	193	35811	631.42	28.49	180
2021 Feb 19, 17:22	42164	0.0003	35775	35798	1436.08	1.00	43	178°.6 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-010B 47614						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 2 Life 422 days
Launched TJS 6.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 4, 18:09	23681	0.7239	160	34446	604.46	28.50	179

2021-011 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Feb 15, 04:45
Progress MS-16 (Progress 7K-MS №445) 2021-011A 47618						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 26 Life 161 days
Supplies to ISS. Docked with Pirs module Jan 17 at 06:27 UTC under manual control by the ISS crew after a course deviation during the planned automatic approach. Undocked 2021 Jul 26 a few seconds before 10:56 UTC with ISS Pirs module attached in order to clear the Zvezda lower docking port for the arrival of the Nauka module. Retro-fire for 17.5 minutes beginning at 14:01 UTC led to destructive re-entry at 14:42 UTC with any surviving fragments hitting the surface of the southern Pacific Ocean at 14:51 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 15, 06:02	6584	0.0023	190	221	88.61	51.64	79
2021 Feb 15, 16:21	6716	0.0038	313	364	91.30	51.64	357
2021 Feb 16, 15:51	6719	0.0037	316	366	91.36	51.64	355
2021 Feb 17, 13:18	6798	0.0003	418	422	92.97	51.64	26
2021 Jul 25, 16:20	6798	0.0001	419	421	92.97	51.64	199
Soyuz upper stage 2021-011B 47619						Re-entered - 2021 Feb 17 Life 2 days
Launched Progress MS-16.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 15, 10:27	6579	0.0022	186	215	88.50	51.65	70

2021-012 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 18) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Feb 16, 03:59
Starlink 1528 2021-012A 47620						Re-entered - 2025 Jan 5 Life 1419 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 05:03 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 22, 20:00	6690	0.0001	311	312	90.76	53.05	80
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Feb 16 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-013 Antares 230+ Mid Atlantic Regional Space Port, Wallops Island						2021 Feb 20, 17:36
Cygnus NG-15 (SS Katherine Johnson) 2021-013A 47689						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 2 Life 132 days
Northrop Grumman vehicle carrying supplies to ISS under CRS-2 contract with NASA. Captured by ISS RMS Feb 22 at 09:38 UTC under manual control by the ISS crew. At 12:16 UTC ground controllers used the RMS to attach Cygnus to the Unity module. Initial orbit is an estimate based on data from Northrop Grumman. Undocked 2021 June 29 and released by the ISS Remote Manipulator System at 16:32 UTC. Retrofire July 2 led to destructive re-entry above the Pacific Ocean at 01:15 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 20, 17:47	6647	0.0134	180	358	89.89	51.66	145
2021 Feb 20, 19:16	6673	0.0110	221	368	90.41	51.66	139
2021 Feb 20, 21:39	6691	0.0128	227	398	90.78	51.66	137
2021 Feb 21, 11:49	6777	0.0009	393	405	92.54	51.66	46
2021 Feb 22, 07:25	6796	0.0005	414	421	92.92	51.64	33
2021 Feb 22, 08:58	6798	0.0005	416	423	92.96	51.64	33
2021 Jun 28, 14:12	6799	0.0002	419	422	92.98	51.65	119
2021 Jun 30, 09:02	6872	0.0009	487	500	94.49	51.64	270
ORCA 7 2021-013C 49013						Re-entered - 2023 Jan 31 Life 710 days
6U Cubesat released from the Slingshot deployer aboard Cygnus NG-15 2021 June 30. Carries an undisclosed US government payload sponsored by the US Defense Advanced Reseach Projects Agency (DARPA).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 19:31	6874	0.0011	488	503	94.52	51.64	280
Gunsmoke-J 2 2021-013D 49014						Re-entered - 2023 Dec 28 Life 1041 days
3U Cubesat from the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command to support military operations by providing battlefield imagery from orbit. Design with based on Los Alamos National Laboratory's Prometheus 1.5U Cubesat with the Gunsmoke payload attached. Released from Cygnus NG-15 Jun 30, the same day that Gunsmoke-J 3 was launched.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 03:46	6874	0.0010	489	503	94.53	51.64	267
ORCA 6 2021-013E 49015						Re-entered - 2023 Jan 31 Life 710 days
6U Cubesat released from the Slingshot deployer aboard Cygnus NG-15 2021 June 30. Carries an undisclosed US government payload sponsored by the US Defense Advanced Reseach Projects Agency (DARPA).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:34	6874	0.0011	488	503	94.52	51.64	283
Dhabisat (MYSat 2) 2021-013F 49016						Re-entered - 2024 Jan 17 Life 1061 days
3U Cubesat from Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Launched from the Nanoracks Deployer on Cygnus NG-15 2021 June 29 at 22:50 UTC together with IT-SPINS. Created by a project to enable Students to design, implement, and test software for attitude determination and control systems
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 13:17	6875	0.0007	493	502	94.56	51.64	251
IT-SPINS (Ionosphere Thermosphere Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral Studies) 2021-013G 49017						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 28 Life 1103 days
3U Cubesat from Montana State University launched from the Nanoracks Deployer on Cygnus NG-15 2021 June 29 at 22:50 UTC together with Dhabisat. Studying the ionosphere on the night side of the Earth. Single satellite launched as NASA's ELaNa 32 mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 13:17	6876	0.0007	492	502	94.56	51.64	246
Thinsat uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Feb 25 Life 5 days
Picosatellite carrying a student experiment. Released from the launch vehicle shortly after departure of Cygnus. Re-entered, probably within 5 days. One of thirty similar satellites released from this launch into orbits similar to the Antares upper stage. All have re-entered.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Antares second stage 2021-013B 47690						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 1 Life 9 days
Launched SS Katherine Johnson.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 20, 21:38	6639	0.0119	182	340	89.73	51.63	143

2021-014 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Feb 24, 02:22
Yaogan 31-03 Follower 2021-014A 47691						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-03 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 24, 12:30	7472	0.0006	1090	1099	107.14	63.41	271
2021 Feb 27, 08:44	7464	0.0013	1077	1096	106.97	63.41	219
2021 Mar 26, 07:23	7468	0.0010	1082	1098	107.05	63.41	304
2023 Feb 13, 13:28	7468	0.0068	1039	1140	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 13:07	7467	0.0135	989	1190	107.03	63.41	359
Yaogan 31-03 Outlier 2021-014C 47693						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-03 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 24, 14:17	7472	0.0006	1090	1098	107.13	63.41	267
2021 Feb 27, 03:04	7491	0.0014	1102	1123	107.54	63.41	257
2021 Mar 25, 12:15	7472	0.0011	1085	1101	107.12	63.41	285
2023 Feb 13, 13:28	7468	0.0068	1039	1140	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 13:07	7467	0.0135	988	1190	107.03	63.41	359
Yaogan 31-03 Leader 2021-014E 47695						in space
Remote sensing satellite described as used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests. Orbiting in close formation with the other two satellites from the launch, its purpose may be signals or electronic intelligence gathering over the world's oceans, a similar task to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 24, 12:30	7471	0.0005	1089	1097	107.12	63.41	278
2021 Feb 25, 04:34	7469	0.0007	1086	1096	107.07	63.41	280
2021 Feb 26, 07:19	7463	0.0008	1079	1092	106.95	63.41	257
2021 Mar 26, 07:23	7468	0.0010	1082	1098	107.05	63.41	303
2023 Feb 13, 13:27	7468	0.0068	1039	1140	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 13:07	7467	0.0135	989	1190	107.03	63.41	359
CZ 4C third stage 2021-014F 47696						in space
Launched Yaogan 31-03 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 24, 12:20	7384	0.0115	921	1090	105.24	63.47	31

2021-015 PSLV-DL (PSLV C-51) Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2021 Feb 28, 04:54
Amazônia 1 2021-015A 47699						in space
Earth imaging satellite - the first to be wholly designed, integrated, tested and operated by Brazil. Separated from launch vehicle at 05:11 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Feb 28, 09:50	7127	0.0011	742	757	99.81	98.51	265	10:25
2021 Mar 1, 21:50	7128	0.0011	741	757	99.81	98.51	255	10:25
2021 Mar 11, 02:01	7128	0.0006	746	755	99.83	98.50	53	10:26
2021 Mar 14, 04:33	7132	0.0008	749	760	99.91	98.52	155	10:26
2021 Mar 17, 20:53	7134	0.0001	755	756	99.94	98.50	104	10:26
2023 Feb 13, 04:08	7134	0.0001	755	756	99.94	98.44	56	10:40
SAI NanoConnect 2 2021-015C 47701						Re-entered - 2023 Nov 25 Life 1000 days
3U Cubesat from the Space Instrumentation Laboratory of The National University of Mexico to evaluate the GlobalStar satellite phone network as a satellite communication system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 7, 22:30	6877	0.0011	492	506	94.60	97.47	293
2023 Feb 12, 23:04	6836	0.0009	452	464	93.75	97.40	320
SpaceBEE 76 2021-015N 47711						Re-entered - 2022 Nov 24 Life 634 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location. Released from EXOport 2. One of a batch of 12 SpaceBee satellites carried on the PSLV C-51 launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 5, 18:32	6881	0.0009	496	509	94.67	97.46	275
SDSat (Satish Dhawan Satellite) 2021-015V 47721						Re-entered - 2023 Jul 18 Life 870 days
3U Cubesat from SpaceKidz of India. Carries instrumentation to measure space radiation, and system to demonstrate a short-message communications system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 7, 22:44	6883	0.0010	498	512	94.72	97.47	243
2023 Feb 13, 03:50	6822	0.0008	438	449	93.45	97.40	279
Sindhu NETRA (NEtwork TRaffic Analysis) 2021-015xx						in space
Small satellite equipped with an AIS receiver to monitor shipping movements in the Indian Ocean Region. Produced by the Peoples' Education Society University, Mangalore and funded through Indias's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6881	0.0009	496	509	94.67	97.46	297
UNITYsat 2021-015xx						in space
9U Cubesat created by combining payloads from three sources - Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur (JITsat), G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (GHRCEsat) and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat). All three payloads are technology demonstrators for radio communications included satellite-satellite links and internet connectivity.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6881	0.0009	496	509	94.67	97.46	297
PSLV upper stage 2021-015B 47700						in space
Launched Amazônia 1 and eighteen small satellites. Orbit, Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Feb 28, 17:01	6907	0.0043	499	558	95.21	97.38	244

2021-016 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Feb 28, 06:55
Arktika-M 1 2021-016A 47719						in space
Meteorological imaging satellite that also provides communication links for messaging systems and communication links for research stations in Arctic regions. Also carries COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue receivers. Design based on the Elektro-L geosynchronous orbit meteorological satellite. Separated from the Fregat stage at 09:14 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 5, 04:01	26768	0.7234	1027	39754	726.43	63.32	270
2021 Mar 6, 22:47	26599	0.7213	1034	39408	719.56	63.35	270
2021 Mar 19, 21:18	26553	0.7204	1046	39305	717.70	63.33	270
Fregat rocket stage 2021-016B 47720						in space
Launched Arktika-M 1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 4, 22:54	26698	0.7277	893	39747	723.56	63.33	270
2021 Mar 5, 08:51	26702	0.7275	898	39750	723.72	63.34	270

2021-017 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 19) Kennedy Space Center						2021 Mar 4, 08:24
Starlink 2068 2021-017A 47722						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 09:29 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 11, 20:00	6678	0.0001	299	301	90.52	53.05	69
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-017BN 47782						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 26 Life 22 days
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Planned to be directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off but remained in orbit. De-orbit failure originally flagged by amateur observers. Natural re-entry subsequently observed from Washington State, USA.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 11, 18:11	6633	0.0026	237	272	89.59	53.05	257

2021-018 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 20) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Mar 11, 08:13
Starlink 2257 2021-018A 47787						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 09:18 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 17, 18:00	6674	0.0001	295	297	90.44	53.05	62
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 11 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-019 CZ 7A (Y-2) Wenchang Space Centre						2021 Mar 11, 17:51
Shiyan 9 (Test 9, Tu Haichao) 2021-019A 47851						in space
Chinese government or military satellite described as being for 'space environment studies and related technology experiments'. A short thruster firing Mar 12 at about 10:25 UTC raised perigee slightly rather than move the satellite into Geosynchronous drift orbit. Smaller firings followed over the next few days. Starting 2011 Mar 21, more than one year after launch, a series of firings by the onboard thruster produced an inclined geosynchronous orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Mar 11, 20:48	24421	0.7286	250	35837	633.02	19.53	180
2021 Mar 12, 14:25	24525	0.7209	466	35828	637.06	19.54	180
2021 Mar 15, 23:15	24529	0.7208	471	35830	637.20	19.55	182
2021 Dec 19, 23:11	24524	0.7195	502	35791	637.03	19.88	7
2022 Mar 20, 15:05	24520	0.7200	487	35796	636.84	19.73	67
2022 Mar 30, 16:40	42167	0.0014	35728	35849	1436.19	19.73	3	146°.5 E
CZ 7 upper stage 2021-019B 47852						Re-entered - 2022 Nov 23 Life 622 days
Launched Shiyan 9. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 11, 19:33	23782	0.7242	182	34627	608.33	19.54	178

2021-020 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Mar 13, 02:19
Yaogan 31-04 Leader 2021-020A 47854						in space
Remote sensing satellite described as used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests. Orbiting in close formation with the other two satellites from the launch, its purpose may be signals or electronic intelligence gathering over the world's oceans, a similar task to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination. Until 2021 Apr 8, this satellite was catalogued as 2021-020B/47855 - that ID now belongs to an item of debris.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 13, 14:14	7471	0.0003	1090	1096	107.11	63.41	297
2021 Mar 18, 06:40	7467	0.0009	1082	1095	107.02	63.41	286
2021 Apr 8, 14:35	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	300
2023 Feb 13, 13:19	7468	0.0066	1041	1139	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 11:10	7467	0.0133	990	1188	107.03	63.41	359
Yaogan 31-04 Outlier 2021-020C 47856						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-04 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 13, 17:48	7472	0.0004	1091	1097	107.13	63.41	282
2021 Mar 18, 05:34	7496	0.0010	1111	1126	107.65	63.41	344
2021 Apr 8, 13:20	7489	0.0006	1106	1116	107.50	63.41	296
2023 Feb 13, 04:24	7468	0.0065	1041	1139	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 12:58	7467	0.0132	990	1188	107.03	63.41	359
Yaogan 31-04 Follower 2021-020D 47857						in space
One of two further payloads forming the Yaogan 31-04 mission, and flying in formation with it. May be similar to the US NOSS triplet formations that orbited at a similar altitude and inclination.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 14, 11:40	7472	0.0004	1091	1097	107.13	63.41	279
2021 Mar 19, 07:42	7466	0.0009	1081	1095	107.00	63.41	286
2021 Apr 10, 04:03	7468	0.0010	1083	1097	107.05	63.41	302
2023 Feb 13, 13:19	7468	0.0065	1041	1139	107.04	63.41	354
2025 Feb 24, 11:11	7467	0.0132	990	1188	107.03	63.41	359
CZ 4C third stage 2021-020E 47858						in space
Launched Yaogan 31-04 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 13, 04:02	7389	0.0118	923	1098	105.34	63.46	28

2021-021 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 21) Kennedy Space Center						2021 Mar 14, 10:01
Starlink 2258 2021-021A 47860						Re-entered - 2025 Jan 30 Life 1418 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 11:06 UTC. Orbital data from SpaceX via Celestrak. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 22, 10:58	6681	0.0001	302	303	90.58	53.05	74
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 14 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-I01 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Mar 14, 11:20
RSP-01 (Ryman Sat Project) 1998-067SB 47925						Re-entered - 2022 Jun 10 Life 453 days
1U Cubesat from Japan - equipped with a short, 10 cm, arm carrying a camera to produce 'selfie' images. Catalogue Number and Designation deduced initially from amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 22, 08:52	6795	0.0003	415	419	92.92	51.64	73
Tsuru (BIRDS-4) 1998-067SD 47927						Re-entered - 2022 Jul 5 Life 478 days
1U Cubesat - from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, carries a radio amateur payload. Catalogue Number and Designation deduced initially from amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 08:08	6796	0.0003	415	420	92.92	51.64	62
Maya 2 (BIRDS-4) 1998-067SF 47929						Re-entered - 2022 Jul 7 Life 480 days
1U Cubesat - from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, built with Filipino involvement. Includes an amateur radio payload.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 09:41	6796	0.0003	415	420	92.92	51.64	60
OPUSat-II (Osaka Prefecture University Satellite) 1998-067SG 47930						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 15 Life 397 days
1U Cubesat - testing a satellite power system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 15:52	6796	0.0003	415	420	92.92	51.64	60
GuaraniSat 1 (BIRDS-4) 1998-067SH 47931						Re-entered - 2022 Jul 5 Life 478 days
1U Cubesat - from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, built with Paraguayan involvement and reportedly acting as a message relay from remote data collection stations. Includes an amateur radio payload.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 08:08	6796	0.0003	415	420	92.92	51.64	58

2021-I02 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Mar 14, 11:50
Warp-01 1998-067SA 47924						Re-entered - 2022 May 1 Life 413 days
1U Cubesat sat from WarpSpace of Japan as a demonstrator of satellite design and carrying an imaging system and radiation sensors.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 05:03	6796	0.0006	414	422	92.93	51.64	123

2021-I03 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Mar 14, 14:30
TAUSat-1 (Tel Aviv University Satellite) 1998-067SC 47926						Re-entered - 2022 May 5 Life 417 days
3U Cubesat - carries a suite of instruments to measure space radiation, and an amateur radio payload. Catalogue Number and Designation deduced initially from amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 15:51	6795	0.0005	414	420	92.91	51.64	64

2021-I04 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Mar 14, 15:00
STARS-EC (Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite Elevator) 1998-067SE 47928						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 15 Life 397 days
3U Cubesat from Shizuoka University, Japan. Built in three sections, each 1U, to demonstrate a space elevator. After launch, the three are expected to split with the outer cubes joined by an 11m cable and the centre cube demonstrating the elevator. Catalogue Number and Designation determined initially by amateur observers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 19, 08:08	6796	0.0006	413	422	92.92	51.64	131

2021-022 Soyuz-2.1a + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Mar 22, 06:07
CAS500-1 2021-022A 47932						in space
Satellite from the Korea Aerospace Reseach Institute for Earth observation to support investigation of natural resources and monitoring of the environment within South Korea. Separated from the launch vehicle at 07:11 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 22, 08:05	6877	0.0016	488	510	94.60	97.40	263	22:59
2023 Feb 13, 13:49	6880	0.0005	499	505	94.66	97.42	341	22:51
GRUS 1C 2021-022B 47933						in space
Second generation Earth imaging satellite from Axelspace of Japan. Separated from the launch vehicle along with three other GRUS satellites during a three minute sequence commencing at 08:35 UTC. One of four GRUS satellites carried on this launch, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 22, 10:59	6970	0.0019	579	605	96.52	97.74	237	23:01
2022 Feb 9, 00:33	6966	0.0018	575	601	96.44	97.71	242	22:55
2023 Feb 13, 14:10	6964	0.0021	571	600	96.39	97.68	92	22:44
GRUS 1B 2021-022C 47934						in space
Second generation Earth imaging satellite from Axelspace of Japan. Separated from the launch vehicle along with three other GRUS satellites during a three minute sequence commencing at 08:35 UTC. One of four GRUS satellites carried on this launch, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 23, 12:30	6970	0.0018	579	605	96.52	97.73	233	23:01
2023 Feb 13, 15:09	6964	0.0021	571	600	96.39	97.68	89	22:44
GRUS 1D 2021-022D 47936						in space
Second generation Earth imaging satellite from Axelspace of Japan. Separated from the launch vehicle along with three other GRUS satellites during a three minute sequence commencing at 08:35 UTC. One of four GRUS satellites carried on this launch, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 23, 12:30	6970	0.0019	579	605	96.52	97.73	234	23:01
2023 Feb 13, 09:38	6964	0.0021	571	600	96.39	97.68	92	22:44
GRUS 1E 2021-022D 47935						in space
Second generation Earth imaging satellite from Axelspace of Japan. Separated from the launch vehicle along with three other GRUS satellites during a three minute sequence commencing at 08:35 UTC. One of four GRUS satellites carried on this launch, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 22, 22:00	6970	0.0019	579	605	96.52	97.73	235	23:01
2023 Feb 13, 08:59	6964	0.0021	571	600	96.39	97.68	92	22:45
DMSat-1 (Dubai Municipality Satellite) 2021-022J 47940						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 15 Life 1485 days
Multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite to monitor and map the distribution of aerosols and greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere above the United Arab Emirates. Built by the Dubai Municipality in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 14:08	6925	0.0017	535	559	95.59	97.56	230
2023 Feb 13, 12:16	6908	0.0018	518	543	95.24	97.51	35
WildTrackCube-SIMBA (System for Improving Monitoring the Behaviour of Animals) 2021-022K 47941						in space
1U Cubesat from the Sapienza University of Rome in cooperation with Machakos University and the University of Nairobi. Designed to receive tracking signals to allow monitoring of animals in Kenya's national parks. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 04:08	6928	0.0021	535	564	95.65	97.56	235
Hiber 3 2021-022L 47942						Re-entered - 2025 Feb 4 Life 1415 days
3U Cubesat - demonstrator for a an internet communication system, and a 'green' propulsion system using nitrous oxide and propylene. Thruster will be used to raise the orbit by about 100 km over a few weeks. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 15:41	6927	0.0020	535	563	95.63	97.56	235
ELSA-d Servicer 2021-022N 47944						in space
Small satellite from Japanese company Astroscale - to act as demonstrator of removing another satellite from orbit by attaching itself with a magnetic docking unit and performing retro-fire. The satellites were launched as a docked pair then separated into individual orbits for a series of approach and docking manoeuvres. A separation manoeuvre 2022 Jan 25 around 15:10 UTC resulted in the orbit being lowered by about 1km causing it to separate from the Client at about 150 km/day. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC on day of launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 01:14	6925	0.0017	535	558	95.58	97.57	232
2021 Mar 25, 07:54	6925	0.0016	536	558	95.58	97.57	228
2022 Jan 26, 11:28	6924	0.0017	534	557	95.56	97.54	264
2022 Jan 26, 18:58	6923	0.0018	532	557	95.53	97.54	256
2023 Feb 13, 11:37	6911	0.0019	520	546	95.30	97.51	38
Unisat 7 2021-022P 47945						in space
Small satellite from Gauss of Italy with the principal task of acting as a dispenser for six smaller satellites. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC. On board at launch were: Unicorn 1 DIY 1 FEES STECCO SMOG 1 BCCSat 1
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 26, 07:47	6925	0.0017	535	559	95.58	97.56	222
2023 Feb 13, 03:54	6916	0.0019	525	550	95.39	97.51	39
LacunaSat 2b 2021-022S 47948						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 27 Life 1132 days
3U Cubesat - demonstrator satellite from Lithuanian company Nanoavionics with a receiver for data from Internet connected devices. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 18:44	6927	0.0019	535	562	95.62	97.57	235
KMSL (Korea Microgravity Science Laboratory) 2021-022U 47950						Re-entered - 2025 Jan 15 Life 1395 days
1U Cubesat from Chosun University, South Korea carrying an experiment to study fire is space. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 15:48	6928	0.0019	537	563	95.65	97.56	244
CubeSX-Sirius-HSE 2021-022V 47951						in space
3U Cubesat from HSE University, Moscow built as a student project in co-operation witht e Sputnix COmpany, the Sirius Education Centre and Scanex. Equipped with an Earth-imaging camera. Also carries an amateur radio payload. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 15:28	6928	0.0021	536	564	95.65	97.56	234
CubeSX-HSE 2021-022W 47952						in space
3U Cubesat from HSE University, Moscow built as a student project in co-operation witht e Sputnix COmpany, the Sirius Education Centre and Scanex. Equipped with an Earth-imaging camera. Also carries an amateur radio payload. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 18:41	6928	0.0020	536	563	95.65	97.57	236
KSU Cubesat 2021-022Y 47954						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 15 Life 1485 days
1U Cubesat from King Saud University for educational use. Fitted ith an imaging system and a voice-repeating radio payload. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 26, 02:57	6928	0.0020	536	564	95.64	97.57	229
Kepler 06 (Rocinante) 2021-022Z 47955						Re-entered - 2024 Nov 6 Life 1325 days
6U Cubesat - Kepler Gen 1 satellite, part of a planned 140 satellite constellation from Kepler Aerospace carrying a high capacity communications system to provide links between other satellites and the ground, and a prototype of an Internet communications system. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC. One of two Kepler Comunications' satellite carried on this launch. They are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 16:53	6928	0.0019	536	563	95.64	97.56	234
2023 Feb 13, 11:35	6912	0.0021	519	548	95.31	97.51	43
ChallengeOne 2021-022AA 47956						Re-entered - 2025 May 6 Life 1506 days
3U Cubesat - demonstrator satellite for potential constellation of thirty satellites providing internet connection for remotely-located sensors and research platforms. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 15:18	6928	0.0021	536	565	95.66	97.57	236
2023 Feb 13, 03:58	6913	0.0022	519	550	95.34	97.51	47
GRBALpha 2021-022AD 47959						in space
1U Cubesat from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia - built as demonstrator of the systems for a future constellation of small satellites studying gamma ray bursts. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 1, 23:01	6928	0.0021	535	564	95.64	97.56	210
OrbiCraft-Zorkiy 2021-022AE 47960						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 19 Life 1489 days
6U Cubesat from Sputnix company of Russia to demonstrate and confirm elements of a satellite design. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 30, 19:56	6928	0.0020	535	564	95.64	97.57	217
3B5GSAT (Enxaneta) 2021-022AF 47961						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 25 Life 1221 days
3U Cubesat from Sateliot of Spain to demonstrate internet data collection from remote stations using internet connections. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 3, 00:19	6928	0.0021	535	564	95.64	97.57	205
STECCO (Space Traveling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric Object) 2021-022AG 47962						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 15 Life 1242 days
6p PocketQubeSat from the School of Aerospace Engineering , Sapienza University of Rome to demonstrate a gravity-gradient stabilisation system. Also equipped with corner cube laser retro-reflectors. Carried away from launch vehicle by Unisat 7 then released into separate orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 30, 16:39	6925	0.0016	535	558	95.58	97.56	214
DIY 1 (ArduiQube) 2021-022AH 47963						Re-entered - 2023 Jul 22 Life 852 days
1P PocketQubeSat from Argentina to demonstrate an amateur radio system. Carried away from launch vehicle by Unisat 7 then released into separate orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 1, 16:17	6924	0.0019	533	559	95.56	97.56	203
SMOG 1 2021-022AJ 47964						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 28 Life 1224 days
1p PocketQubeSat - from Budapest University of Technology and Economics to be used to measure electromagnetic pollution generated by human activity around planet Earth. Carried away from launch vehicle by Unisat 7 then released into separate orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 31, 05:38	6924	0.0019	533	559	95.56	97.56	209
2023 Feb 13, 03:31	6899	0.0018	508	533	95.04	97.51	35
BCCSat 1 2021-022AK 48041						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 19 Life 1277 days
1U Cubesat - multi-spectral imaging satellite developed by high-school students at Bangkok Christian College and supervised by faculty members at King’s Mongkut University of Technology North Bangkok. Carried away from launch vehicle by Unisat 7 then released into separate orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 5, 05:24	6925	0.0016	536	558	95.59	97.56	187
2023 Feb 12, 23:10	6903	0.0015	514	535	95.13	97.51	36
FEES 1 (Flexible Experimental Embedded Satellite) 2021-022AL 48082						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 14 Life 1059 days
0.3U Cubesat - from Italy, to validate systems for future small satellites. Carried away from launch vehicle by Unisat 7 then released into separate orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 2, 19:31	6925	0.0016	536	558	95.59	97.56	196
2023 Feb 12, 22:37	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.51	34
ELSA-d Client 2021-022AQ 51288						in space
Target satellite used by ELSA-d Servicer in docking experiments. Separated from ELSA-d Servicer 2021 Aug 25 prior to its first test. Several other undocking/docking operations followed. Separation from the Servicer 2022 Jan 25 around 15:00 UTC resulted in it drifting further away than intended allowing it to be detected in its own right as itseparated at the rate of about 150 km/day.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Jan 26, 15:47	6924	0.0017	534	557	95.55	97.54	263
Adelis-SAMSON 1 (Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocating Nanosatellites) 2021-022xx						in space
6U Cubesat from the Asher Space Research Institute at Technion and Israeli Aircraft Industries orbiting as part of a three satellite group to demonstrate cluster flight of multiple satellites. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC. One of three similar satellites carried on this launch.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
BEESat 5 (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite) 2021-022xx						in space
0.25U Cubesat. One of four satellites from the Technical University of Berlin, launched together as a 1U stack that separated from each other once released by the launch vehicle. Built to demonstrate a newly developed communication and navigation system. Equipped with four corner cube laser retro-reflectors. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC. One of four BEESat satellites carried on this launch - all are in similar orbits.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
Najm-1 2021-022xx						in space
Small satellite from Saudi Arabia acting as a demonstrator for an Earth observation and satellite communications system. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
NanoSatC Br2 2021-022xx						in space
2U Cubesat from the Southern Regional Space Centre of Brazil. Equipped to study radiation and magnetic fields around the Earth. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
Pumbaa 2021-022xx						in space
2U Cubesat from the Astrodynamics and Control Laboratory of Yonsei University, South Korea. CANYVAL-C mission to study the Sun's corona working together with Timon, launched alongside it. Pumbaa is intended to act as an occulting disc while Timon carries an imaging camera to act as a coronagraph. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
Timon 2021-022xx						in space
1U Cubesat from the Astrodynamics and Control Laboratory of Yonsei University, South Korea. CANYVAL-C mission to study the Sun's corona working together with Pumbaa, launched alongside it. Pumbaa is intended to act as an occulting disc while Timon carries an imaging camera to act as a coronagraph. Separated from the launch vehicle during a 30 minute sequence commencing at 10:13 UTC.
Orbit similar to 3B5GSAT (above)
Fregat rocket stage stage 2021-022xx						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 22 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 38 satellites. Commercial mission for GK Launch Services. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean, off south-eastern Australia at around 15:00 UTC on day of launch. The first three listed orbits are estimates based on information from Roscosmos.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 22, 08:05	6877	0.0016	488	510	94.60	97.40	263
2021 Mar 22, 08:24	6970	0.0010	585	599	96.52	97.73	225
2021 Mar 22, 10:53	6928	0.0010	543	557	95.65	97.57	225

2021-I05 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Mar 22, 08:30
MMSATS-1 (Lawkanat-1) 1997-068SJ 47976						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 4 Life 743 days
1U Cubesat - built by Hokkaido University and Tohoku University for the Myanmar Institute of Aeronautics and Space Education and equipped with an Earth observation camera. Owing to the political situation in Myanmar, the satellite is operating temporarily under the control of Japan.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 23, 14:23	6797	0.0003	417	422	92.96	51.64	119

2021-023 Electron (They Go Up So Fast) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 Mar 22, 22:30
Veery Hatchling (Veery RL-1) 2021-023A 47965						Re-entered - 2024 Mar 30 Life 1104 days
1U Cubesat from Care Weather - acting as a testbed for systems to be used in a future constellarion of synthetic aperture radar meteorological satellites. Separated from Pathstone at 23:24 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 23, 22:57	6927	0.0014	539	558	95.62	45.00	272
Centauri 3 2021-023B 47966						Re-entered - 2024 Jun 21 Life 1187 days
6U Cubesat from Fleet Space - one of a planned constellation of 140 satellites to provide internet connectivity for ground based sensors. Separated from Pathstone at 23:24 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 02:10	6931	0.0008	547	559	95.71	45.00	286
M2A 2021-023C 47967						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 4 Life 1474 days
6U Cubesat from the University of New South Wales released from Pathstone at 23:24 UTC. Remained attached to its companion (M2B) until they separated 2021 Sep 10 at 04:55 UTC. The pair will conduct joint exercises in formation flying using air drag to control orbits. They will later conduct a series of radio frequency, imaging and laser experiments.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 09:08	6930	0.0011	544	559	95.69	45.00	285
2021 Sep 10, 12:15	6930	0.0009	545	557	95.68	45.00	166
Myriota 7 2021-023D 47968						Re-entered - 2024 Dec 7 Life 1356 days
3U Cubesat from Myriota - one of a planned constellation of 140 satellites to profide internet connectivity for ground based sensors. Separated from Pathstone at 23:24 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 14:54	6930	0.0011	544	559	95.68	45.00	284
Gunsmoke-J 1 2021-023E 47969						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 26 Life 1496 days
3U Cubesat from the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command to support military operations by providing battlefield imagery from orbit. Design with based on Los Alamos National Laboratory' Prometheus 1.5U Cubesat with the Gunsmoke payload attached.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 02:09	6929	0.0011	543	558	95.67	45.00	269
BlackSky 9 (Global 9) 2021-023G 47971						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Separated from kick stage at 02:32 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 24, 01:36	6833	0.0009	449	460	93.68	45.00	283
Pathstone (Photon 2) 2021-023H 47972						Re-entered - 2023 Mar 14 Life 722 days
Satellite built around the Electron launch vehicle kick stage. Designed to test all of the satellite's systems of command, operation and control. Precursor for Rocket Lab's Capstone lunar mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 25, 10:20	6831	0.0007	448	458	93.65	45.00	284
M2B 2021-023J 47973						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 1 Life 1471 days
6U Cubesat from the University of New South Wales released from Pathstone at 23:24 UTC. Remained attached to its companion (M2A) until they separated 2021 Sep 10 at 04:55 UTC. The pair will conduct joint exercises in formation flying using air drag to control orbits. They will later conduct a series of radio frequency, imaging and laser experiments. Note - Catalogue Number was reserved at the time of launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 10, 13:47	6929	0.0009	545	558	95.68	45.01	170
Electron second stage 2021-023F 47970						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 15 Life 299 days
Launched a cluster of nine satellites/payloads.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 23, 17:41	6805	0.0191	297	557	93.11	45.01	244

2021-024 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 22) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Mar 24, 08:28
Starlink 2087 2021-024A 47977						Re-entered - 2025 Mar 3 Life 1440 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 09:32 UTC. Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 30, 18:00	6671	0.0003	291	294	90.37	53.05	267
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 24 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-025 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome						2021 Mar 25, 02:47
OneWeb 0169 2021-025A 48042						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. Released from the Fregat stage of the launch vehicle in nine batches of four at 04:17, 04:24, 04:43, 05:02, 05:22, 05:51, 06:00, 06:17 and 06:48 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 27, 04:00	6822	0.0004	441	446	93.46	87.40	289
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Mar 25 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Pacific Ocean at around 08:05 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-026 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Mar 30, 22:45
Gaofen 12-02 2021-026A 48079						in space
Earth observation using radar and high resolution optical sensors for Earth imaging to "support land surveys, crop management, urban and road network planning".
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Mar 31, 04:39	6975	0.0005	594	600	96.62	97.87	250	05:00
2021 Apr 8, 01:36	6985	0.0002	606	608	96.83	97.86	218	05:00
2021 Apr 8, 10:02	6996	0.0013	609	627	97.05	97.86	334	05:00
2021 Apr 8, 19:00	7006	0.0003	625	630	97.26	97.86	116	05:00
2023 Feb 13, 11:30	7006	0.0001	627	629	97.27	97.91	88	04:52
CZ 4C third stage 2021-026B 48080						in space
Launched Gaofen 12-02.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Mar 31, 06:13	6941	0.0054	525	600	95.92	97.84	12

2021-027 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 23) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Apr 7, 16:34
Starlink 2048 2021-027A 48092						Re-entered - 2025 Feb 5 Life 1400 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 17:38 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 13, 18:00	6677	0.0001	298	299	90.49	53.05	68
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 7 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of Starlink satellites. Not catalogued - retro-fire caused destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2 hrs, 1.5 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-028 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Apr 8, 23:01
Shiyan 6-03 (Test 6-03, Chuangxin 3C?) 2021-028A 48157						in space
Described as being for space environment studies and related technology experiments. Probable demonstrator for systems carried on the Shiyan 27 launch 2025 April 19.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 9, 13:00	7374	0.0008	989	1002	105.02	99.51	267	06:00
2021 Apr 10, 05:57	7375	0.0007	991	1002	105.04	99.50	267	06:00
CZ 4 upper stage 2021-028B 48158						in space
Launched Shiyan 6-03. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 9, 12:52	7255	0.0160	761	993	102.49	99.58	20

2021-029 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Apr 9, 07:42
Soyuz MS-18 (Soyuz 11F732A48 № 748) 2021-029A 48159						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 17 Life 191 days Returned to Earth
Carrying crew to ISS - Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy (Roscosmos) and Mark Vande Hei (NASA). Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 11:05 UTC on the day of launch. Undocked, carrying its original crew, 2021 Sep 28 at 12:21 UTC and re-docked with the Nauka module at 13:04 UTC. Undocked 2021 Oct 17 at 01:14 UTC carrying Novitsky, together with Peresild and Shipenko of the Soyuz MS-19 crew. Retro-fire at 03:42 UTC led to landing 148 km SE of. Dzhezhkazgan at 04:35 UTC
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 9, 08:59	6588	0.0027	192	228	88.70	51.65	68
2021 Apr 9, 15:20	6798	0.0003	418	422	92.97	51.65	203
Soyuz upper stage 2021-029B 48160						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 13 Life 4 days
Launched Soyuz MS-18.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 9, 17:51	6585	0.0022	193	222	88.64	51.65	70

2021-030 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Apr 23, 09:49
SpaceX Dragon Crew 2 (Dragon Endeavour flight #2) 2021-030A 48209						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 9 Life 200 days Returned to Earth
Crew flight to ISS provided by SpaceX under contract to NASA. Crew members - Shane Kimbrough (NASA), K Megan McArthur (NASA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA). Docked with forward-facing port of the ISS Harmony module Apr 24, 09:08 UTC. Undocked Jul 21, 10:45 UTC carrying its original crew in order to release the docking port for an upcoming Boeing Starliner test mission. Redocked with Harmony upward-facing port at 11:35 UTC. Undocked carrying original crew Nov 8 at 19:05 UTC. Retro-fire at ~02:38 UTC was followed by splash down in the Gulf of Mexico Nov 9 at 03:32 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 23, 10:12	6580	0.0018	190	213	88.53	51.64	9
2021 Apr 23, 15:44	6597	0.0014	210	228	88.88	51.65	249
2021 Apr 24, 02:46	6798	0.0003	418	422	92.97	51.64	270
2021 Apr 24, 06:58	6795	0.0004	414	420	92.91	51.65	305
2021 Nov 8, 21:05	6798	0.0003	418	422	92.97	51.64	163
2021 Nov 9, 02:44	6800	0.0007	417	426	93.00	51.58	167
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 23 Life <1 day
Caused to re-enter obove the Pacific Ocean about forty minutes, 0.5 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Crew Dragon trunk module 2021-030B 49406						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 28 Life 523 days
Separated from Dragon Crew 2 November 9, 02:35 UTC prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 10, 04:00	6787	0.0007	404	414	92.74	51.74	187

2021-031 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome						2021 Apr 25, 22:14
OneWeb 0176 2021-031A 48210						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 26, 20:00	6822	0.0004	441	447	93.45	87.40	295
Fregat rocket stage 2021-031xx						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 26 Life 1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the eastern Pacific Ocean Apr 26 at around 03:30 UTC.
Orbit parameters awaited

2021-032 Delta 4 Heavy Vandenberg Air Force Base						2021 Apr 26, 20:47
USA 314 (KH-11 Block-5 F-2/Crystal) 2021-032A 48247						in space
KH-11 reconnaissance satellite. Orbital elements not released by Spacetrack so parameters are based on work by amateur observers and analysts.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 01:23	7019	0.0170	522	761	97.55	98.05	87	13:00
2021 May 2, 03:09	7036	0.0184	528	787	97.89	98.10	88	12:59
2021 May 5, 03:01	7039	0.0159	549	772	97.95	98.06	54	12:59
2021 Sep 8, 02:35	7039	0.0159	549	772	97.95	98.06	13	13:00
2022 Jul 27, 04:04	7039	0.0159	548	773	97.95	98.00	68	13:03
2024 May 19, 02:55	7037	0.0157	548	769	97.91	98.04	118	12:59
Delta 4 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 27 Life 1 day
Launched USA 314. Destructive re-entry above the Pacific Ocean about two hours, 1.3 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-033 CZ 6 (Y-5) Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Apr 27, 03:20
Qilu 1 2021-033xx						in space
Demonstrator mission for imaging system using synthetic aperture radar.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:39	6882	0.0010	497	510	94.69	97.40	265	10:30
Qilu 4 2021-033xx						in space
Demonstrator mission for optical imaging system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:27	6881	0.0012	495	512	94.68	97.40	278	10:30
Foshan 1 2021-033xx						in space
Verification mission for a lightweight high-resolution imaging system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:39	6881	0.0010	496	510	94.68	97.40	263	10:30
Golden Bauhinia 1-01 (Jinzijing 1-01) 2021-033xx						in space
Technology verification mission from the Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group for a future constellation of 165 LEO remote sensing satellites equipped with optical and radar imagers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:38	6880	0.0010	495	509	94.65	97.39	290	10:30
Lingyu-1 D02 2021-033xx						in space
Technology verification mission for a temote sensing system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:39	6880	0.0011	494	509	94.65	97.39	292	10:30
NEO 1 2021-033xx						in space
Science satellite for astronomical observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 27, 09:39	6880	0.0009	496	509	94.66	97.40	275
Taijing-2 01 2021-033xx						in space
Commercial remote sensing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:38	6878	0.0008	494	506	94.62	97.39	297	10:30
Tianqi 9 2021-033xx						in space
Small satellite providing messaging communication links from LEO including between Internet-connected items. Part of the planned 38 satellite Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 27, 09:39	6880	0.0010	496	509	94.66	97.40	273
Zhong'an Guotong 1 2021-033xx						in space
Technical verification of real-time imaging system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 27, 09:38	6880	0.0011	495	509	94.66	97.39	285	10:30
CZ 6 third stage 2021-033K 48257						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 9 Life 1018 days
Launched cluster of satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 27, 09:35	6846	0.0123	384	553	93.96	97.32	343

2021-034 Vega (VV-18) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Apr 29, 01:50
Pléiades Neo 3 2021-034A 48268						in space
French digital imaging satellites with very high resolution sensors for use by commercial organisations, government and the military. First in a constellation of four identical satellites. Separated from the launch vehicle at 02:44:29 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Apr 30, 21:37	7003	0.0001	624	626	97.20	97.90	25	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 14:48	7002	0.0001	623	625	97.19	97.89	96	10:30
Lemur-2 (Amanda-Svante) 2021-034B 48269						in space
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 30, 11:47	6989	0.0003	609	613	96.92	97.79	23
2023 Feb 13, 03:38	6977	0.0003	597	601	96.67	97.72	24
Aurora Insight (Bravo) 2021-034C 48270						in space
6U CubeSat built by NanoAvionics with integrated spectrum survey payload to study radio transmissions from the Earth's surface.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 2, 10:40	6990	0.0004	609	614	96.93	97.79	5
2023 Feb 12, 22:06	6983	0.0004	602	608	96.79	97.72	18
Eutelsat ELO alpha 2021-034D 48271						in space
6U Cubesat manufactured by Tyvak for Eutelsat as a demonstrator for a future constellation of internet communications satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 29, 18:00	6988	0.0003	608	613	96.90	97.79	67
2023 Feb 13, 11:02	6981	0.0003	601	605	96.75	97.72	61
NorSat 3 2021-034E 48272						in space
Small satellite carrying an experimental navigation radar detector to augment ship detection capabilities from an on-board Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 2, 10:38	6987	0.0003	607	611	96.87	97.79	105
2023 Feb 13, 15:07	6980	0.0002	601	604	96.74	97.72	108
Lemur-2 (Special K) 2021-034F 48273						in space
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 30, 16:38	6989	0.0003	609	613	96.92	97.79	20
2023 Feb 13, 03:50	6977	0.0003	596	601	96.66	97.72	16
Vega upper stage (AVUM) uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 29 Life <1 day
Launched Pléiades Neo 3 and small satellites. Caused to re-enter shortly after 04:30 UTC above the Indian Ocean near 20° south, 90° east.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-035 CZ 5B Wenchang Space Centre						2021 Apr 29, 03:23
Tianhe 2021-035A 48274						in space
Core module of Chinese space station, designed for expansion using additional modules. It is capable of receiving Shenzhou and Tianzhou spacecraft to deliver crews and supplies.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 29, 09:11	6655	0.0159	171	382	90.04	41.47	170
2021 Apr 29, 12:21	6712	0.0075	284	384	91.22	41.48	172
2021 Apr 29, 13:54	6717	0.0079	286	392	91.31	41.47	167
2021 Apr 29, 18:32	6747	0.0024	353	385	91.92	41.47	181
2021 May 13, 07:42	6750	0.0019	360	385	91.99	41.47	278
2021 May 23, 23:41	6731	0.0015	343	364	91.60	41.47	231
2021 May 27, 17:39	6735	0.0021	343	371	91.68	41.45	249
2021 May 29, 14:11	6751	0.0006	369	376	92.00	41.47	2
2021 Jun 4, 06:49	6751	0.0005	370	376	92.00	41.47	45
2021 Jun 4, 14:01	6759	0.0008	376	386	92.17	41.47	220
2021 Jun 29, 12:36	6758	0.0007	375	385	92.15	41.47	21
2021 Jun 30, 02:05	6758	0.0007	375	384	92.15	41.47	35
2021 Jul 1, 12:13	6758	0.0007	375	384	92.14	41.47	59
2021 Jul 2, 01:53	6759	0.0007	376	385	92.16	41.47	49
2021 Jul 4, 05:54	6759	0.0007	376	385	92.16	41.47	62
2021 Sep 1, 07:18	6756	0.0007	374	383	92.12	41.47	165
2021 Sep 1, 20:42	6761	0.0001	382	384	92.22	41.47	256
2021 Sep 17, 05:35	6760	0.0002	380	384	92.20	41.47	282
2021 Sep 18, 04:39	6761	0.0004	381	386	92.22	41.47	268
2021 Oct 21, 02:58	6761	0.0002	382	385	92.22	41.47	266
2021 Oct 21, 13:55	6764	0.0006	382	390	92.27	41.47	231
2021 Oct 22, 04:24	6764	0.0007	381	391	92.27	41.47	234
2022 Apr 20, 14:57	6754	0.0006	372	380	92.07	41.47	29
2022 Apr 21, 16:47	6766	0.0012	380	395	92.30	41.47	189
2022 May 12, 07:17	6762	0.0012	376	392	92.24	41.47	316
2022 May 13, 01:27	6767	0.0004	386	392	92.34	41.47	325
2022 May 31, 04:43	6765	0.0001	386	387	92.28	41.47	141
2022 May 31, 13:31	6766	0.0004	386	390	92.32	41.47	189
2022 Jul 19, 05:43	6758	0.0004	378	383	92.16	41.47	297
2022 Jul 19, 20:15	6762	0.0007	379	389	92.23	41.47	247
2022 Sep 27, 09:49	6758	0.0004	377	383	92.15	41.47	33
2022 Sep 28, 04:10	6762	0.0003	382	386	92.23	41.47	279
2022 Nov 4, 12:20	6761	0.0005	380	386	92.21	41.47	291
2022 Nov 4, 15:18	6767	0.0009	382	395	92.33	41.48	224
2024 Nov 7, 09:51	6769	0.0010	384	397	92.36	41.47	285
2024 Dec 7, 01:36	6767	0.0001	388	389	92.33	41.47	161
2025 Apr 7, 00:59	6757	0.0007	374	384	92.13	41.47	192
unidentified satellite 2021-035D 62300						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 7 Life 1439 days
Separated from CSS probably 2024 Dec 7, purpose unknown, made minor orbit adjustments Dec 27 and 2025 Jan 4.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2024 Dec 16, 12:51	6762	0.0002	382	385	92.23	41.47	237
2024 Dec 27, 09:45	6759	0.0003	379	383	92.17	41.47	258
2024 Dec 28, 04:09	6759	0.0002	380	383	92.17	41.47	273
2025 Jan 4, 01:49	6757	0.0002	378	380	92.13	41.47	266
2025 Jan 4, 20:40	6753	0.0004	372	377	92.04	41.47	243
2025 Apr 7, 09:11	6561	0.0004	180	185	88.14	41.45	227
unidentified satellite 2021-035E 63523						in space
Separated from CSS 2025 Apr 7, purpose unknown. Date coincides with re-entry of similar object (62300, 2021-035D) that was released from CSS 2024 December 7. A minor thruster firing 2025 April 16 had an insignificant effect on its orbit. A further thruster firing (or firings) April 23, or shortly thereafter, raised the orbit by about 9 kilometres. Space-Track data unavailable for the period April 24 - May 7.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2025 Apr 9, 10:19	6756	0.0008	372	383	92.10	41.46	201
2025 Apr 15, 23:33	6752	0.0010	367	381	92.03	41.46	235
2025 Apr 16, 19:28	6752	0.0010	367	380	92.02	41.46	240
2025 Apr 23, 01:30	6748	0.0011	362	377	91.94	41.46	274
estimated orbit	6757	0.0010	373	386	92.13	41.46	342
2025 May 8, 08:44	6745	0.0013	358	375	91.88	41.46	32
CZ 5B second stage 2021-035B 48275						Re-entered - 2021 May 9 Life 10 days
Launched Tianhe space station.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 29, 09:08	6650	0.0154	169	375	89.96	41.48	170

2021-036 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 24) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Apr 29, 03:44
Starlink 2567 2021-036A 48276						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at ~04:49 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 5, 20:00	6679	0.0001	300	301	90.53	53.05	329
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 29 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of Starlink satellites. Not catalogued - retro-fire caused destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2 hrs, 1.5 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-037 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Apr 30, 07:27
Yaogan 34-01 2021-037A 48340						in space
Imaging satellite - orbit is similar to the Yaogan 31 electronic surveillance satellites,and the Initial orbit plane has RAAN about three degrees to the east of that of the second Yaogan 31 triplet (launch no 2021-007). 2021 May 8, Yaogan settled into formation with Yaogan 31 Group 2, sitting 34° of orbit arc behind and following a near-identical ground track.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 30, 12:15	7472	0.0002	1093	1096	107.14	63.41	305
2021 May 1, 06:06	7467	0.0007	1084	1095	107.03	63.41	239
2021 May 1, 09:40	7463	0.0013	1076	1095	106.94	63.41	264
2021 May 1, 13:14	7463	0.0010	1077	1092	106.93	63.40	278
2021 May 7, 06:27	7468	0.0009	1083	1097	107.04	63.40	327
2023 Feb 13, 05:23	7468	0.0065	1041	1138	107.04	63.41	356
CZ 4C third stage 2021-037B 48341						in space
Launched Yaogan 34-01. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Apr 30, 13:58	7415	0.0073	983	1092	105.91	63.45	52

2021-038 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 25) Kennedy Space Center						2021 May 4, 19:01
Starlink 2613 2021-038A 48353						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at ~20:05 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 12, 14:00	6697	0.0001	318	319	90.90	53.05	77
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Apr 4 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-039 CZ 2C Xichang Space Centre						2021 May 6, 18:11
Yaogan 30-08A 2021-039A 48423						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Settled into formation, spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit, May 23.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 7, 02:06	6975	0.0007	592	602	96.62	35.00	215
2021 May 10, 03:42	6980	0.0007	597	607	96.73	35.00	263
2021 May 24, 00:12	6976	0.0007	593	603	96.65	35.00	269
2023 Feb 12, 20:55	6972	0.0006	589	598	96.55	35.00	277
Yaogan 30-08B 2021-039B 48424						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Settled into formation, spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit, May 23.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 7, 09:46	6975	0.0007	591	601	96.61	35.00	222
2021 May 10, 22:59	6976	0.0006	594	602	96.64	34.99	262
2021 May 24, 02:10	6976	0.0005	594	602	96.65	35.00	6
2023 Feb 12, 21:58	6972	0.0006	589	598	96.55	35.00	18
Yaogan 30-08C 2021-039C 48425						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Settled into formation, spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit, May 23.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 7, 02:01	6975	0.0007	591	601	96.61	35.00	221
2021 May 10, 21:28	6967	0.0006	585	593	96.46	35.01	286
2021 May 24, 00:41	6976	0.0005	595	602	96.65	35.00	292
2023 Feb 13, 02:15	6972	0.0004	591	596	96.55	35.00	313
Tianqi 12 2021-039D 48426						in space
Comsat providing messaging communication links from LEO including between Internet-connected items. Part of the planned 38 satellite Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 7, 06:33	6972	0.0006	589	598	96.55	35.01	256
CZ 2C second stage 2021-039E 48427						in space
Launched Yaogan 30-08 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 7, 00:17	6912	0.0095	468	599	95.31	34.98	65

2021-040 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 26) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 May 9, 06:42
Starlink 2461 2021-040A 48428						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at ~07:46 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 17, 08:00	6671	0.0007	288	297	90.38	53.05	328
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 May 9 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-F02 - failed to reach orbit Electron (A Data With Destiny) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 May 15, 11:11
BlackSky (Global)
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. One of two BlackSky satellites on the same launch lost due to malfunction of launch vehicle second stage.
BlackSky (Global)
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. One of two BlackSky satellites on the same launch lost due to malfunction of launch vehicle second stage.

2021-041 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 27) Kennedy Space Center						2021 May 15, 22:56
Starlink 2063 2021-041A 48553						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of 52 LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at 23:34 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits near 500 km.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 24, 22:00	6901	0.0002	522	524	95.09	53.04	96
Capella 6 (Whitney 4) 2021-041BE 48605						Re-entered - 2024 Mar 29 Life 1049 days
Second generation satellite from Capella Space carrying Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth imaging. Member of a planned thirty satellite constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 24, 11:58	6956	0.0013	568	587	96.22	53.04	351
2021 Aug 8, 23:07	6955	0.0013	568	586	96.22	53.04	205
2021 Aug 11, 04:41	6953	0.0013	566	584	96.17	53.04	197
GEOStare 2 2021-041BF 48606						in space
6U Cubesat built and operated by Tyvak for the US Lawrence LIvermore National Laboratory. It is equipped with a pair of a telescopes testing an optical design based on a single block of fused silica, removing the need for collimating telescope/camera optics on entering micro-gravity. It will be used for Earth and astronomical imaging and imaging objects in orbit. Separated from launch vehicle at 23:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 24, 11:57	6955	0.0015	566	588	96.21	53.04	344
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 May 16 Life 1 day
Launched cluster of 54 Starlink satellites and two other small satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-042 Atlas V 421 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 May 18, 17:37
USA 315 (SBIRS GEO 5) 2021-042A 48618						in space
Missile launch detection satellite for the Space-Based Infra Red System with a combination of scanning and staring sensors. The scanning sensor is designed to provide a wide area view in search of missile launches, satellite re-entries and natural terrestrial events, while the staring sensor is designed to observe areas of particular interest with enhanced sensitivity. Separated from launch vehicle at approximately 18:22 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 May 18, 20:14	24700	0.7054	898	35746	643.87	21.22	178
2021 May 22, 19:01	25585	0.6462	2674	35740	678.81	18.55	180
2021 May 24, 18:35	26765	0.5738	5028	35745	726.28	16.18	181
2021 May 26, 16:01	28253	0.4910	8004	35746	787.69	14.14	181
2021 May 27, 20:17	30308	0.3899	12115	35746	875.19	12.25	182
2021 May 31, 18:02	37225	0.1313	25959	35734	1191.27	9.08	182
2021 Jun 4, 17:49	42049	0.0010	35630	35713	1430.21	7.97	159	146°.2 W
2021 Jun 5, 23:04	42112	0.0013	35680	35786	1433.38	7.98	79	145°.4 W
2021 Jun 8, 06:02	42163	0.0001	35779	35791	1436.03	7.97	147	145°.0 W
2021 Jul 7, 13:44	42165	0.0002	35778	35796	1436.13	7.92	156	145°.9 W
2021 Jul 13, 14:02	42086	0.0002	35699	35717	1432.07	7.91	151	140°.6 W
2021 Dec 9, 14:52	42090	0.0002	35703	35720	1432.26	7.67	253	8°.7 E
2021 Dec 17, 14:04	42166	0.0009	35749	35826	1436.14	7.65	236	8°.6 E
2023 Feb 13, 08:20	42165	0.0002	35778	35795	1436.09	6.95	357	20°.9 E
TDO 3 (Technology Demonstration Orbiter) 2021-042B 48619						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 27 Life 497 days
12U Cubesat (4x3) sponsored by the United States Air Force Academy and carrying one or more military/government payloads. Released from aft bulkhead of Centaur stage at 17:53 UTC between the two main firings designed to deposit SBIRS GEO 5 in transfer orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 19, 04:28	8728	0.2486	180	4519	135.25	26.16	129
TDO 4 (Technology Demonstration Orbiter) 2021-042C 48620						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 18 Life 488 days
12U Cubesat (4x3) sponsored by the United States Air Force Academy and carrying one or more military/government payloads. Released from aft bulkhead of Centaur stage at 17:53 UTC between the two main firings designed to deposit SBIRS GEO 5 in transfer orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 19, 04:28	8727	0.2483	182	4516	135.22	26.15	129
Centaur rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 May 19 Life 1 day
Launched USA 315 and two small satellites. Made destructive re-entry above central Pacific near 12° north, 163° west May 19 at around 03:00 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-043 CZ 4B Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 May 19, 04:03
Haiyang 2-04 (Ocean 2-04) 2021-043A 48621						in space
Oceanographic satellite to observe ocean surface heights, wave heights and wind patterns. Also carries a radio receiver for AIS to track ships and relay short messages, and a receiver to relay data from remote buoys on the ocean surface. Orbit inclined at 66° provides extended coverage of mid-latitude areas compared with sun-synchronous orbit as used by earlier Haiyang satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 19, 19:05	7318	0.0010	932	947	103.83	66.00	253
2021 May 23, 11:22	7324	0.0002	944	947	103.96	66.00	234
2021 May 24, 20:19	7330	0.0010	945	959	104.10	66.01	248
CZ 4B third stage 2021-043D 48624						in space
Launched Haiyang 2D. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite in order to hasten orbit decay.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 19, 08:58	7201	0.0157	710	936	101.36	66.06	17

2021-044 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink 28) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 May 26, 18:59
Starlink 2758 2021-044A 48638						Re-entered - 2024 May 25 Life 1095 days
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from launch vehicle at ~20:03 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 1, 16:00	6669	0.0001	290	291	90.33	53.05	81
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 May 26 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of sixty Starlink satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 Earth circuits) after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-045 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome						2021 May 28, 17:38
OneWeb 0211 2021-045A 48767						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. Released from the Fregat stage of the launch vehicle in nine batches of four
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 29, 16:00	6822	0.0004	441	446	93.45	87.40	290
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 May 28 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the eastern Pacific Ocean about 23:55 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-046 CZ 7 (Y-3) Wenchang Space Centre						2021 May 29, 12:55
Tianzhou 2 2021-046A 48803						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 31 Life 306 days
Supplies and equipment to Chinese Space Station (CSS) in advance of the Shenzhou 12 crew mission. Docked with the rear port of Tianhe May 29, 21:01 UTC. Undocked 2021 Sep 18 at 02:25 UTC and re-docked with the forward-facing port of Tianhe about four hours later, clearing the rear port for the upcoming Tianzhou 3. 2022 Jan 5 at 22:12 UTC, Tianzhou 2 was undocked using Tianhe's robotic arm. After rotating 20° away from the station's axis and back, it was re-docked at 22:59 UTC. 2022 Jan 7 at about 22:00 UTC, Tianzhou 2 undocked from Tianhe and backed away. At 23:55 UTC it was re-docked at the same, forward, port under manual remote control by the CSS crew. Undocked for final time 2022 March 27 at 07:59 UTC. Retro-fire Mar 31 at around 10:00 UTC, whilst passing over central China. led to destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean at 10:40 UTC with any surviving debris hitting the ocean surface a few minutes later.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 29, 13:12	6637	0.0094	197	322	89.69	41.47	176
2021 May 29, 14:11	6751	0.0006	369	376	92.00	41.47	2
2021 May 29, 17:22	6738	0.0006	356	364	91.74	41.47	24
2022 Mar 26, 13:11	6757	0.0007	373	383	92.12	41.47	250
2022 Mar 28, 00:32	6783	0.0041	377	433	92.66	41.47	183
2022 Mar 30, 00:20	6782	0.0041	376	432	92.65	41.47	198
CZ 7 upper stage 2021-046B 48804						Re-entered - 2021 Jun 15 Life 17 days
Launched Tianzhou 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 May 29, 21:21	6637	0.0095	196	321	89.68	41.47	179

2021-047 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Jun 2, 16:17
Fengyun 4B (Fengyun 4-02) 2021-047A 48808						in space
Second generation meteorological imaging satellite capable of producing three-dimensional analyses of weather systems. Date of entry into Geosynchronous Drift Orbit not known. Expected location - 123°.5 east. Moved to 132° east during 2023 then, during 2024 February, to 105° east to take over from the retiring Fengyun 4A.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jun 3, 02:58	24379	0.7305	192	35810	631.38	28.54	180
2021 Jun 11, 21:16	42161	0.0001	35779	35787	1435.92	0.08	192	123°.4 E
2021 Jun 23, 14:12	42164	0.0000	35784	35787	1436.05	0.06	237	123°.7 E
2023 Feb 11, 22:08	42163	0.0003	35772	35798	1436.01	0.12	7	132°.9 E
2024 Feb 1, 07:20	42165	0.0004	35772	35802	1436.13	0.10	357	133°.1 E
2024 Feb 1, 21:02	42294	0.0005	35896	35935	1442.69	0.10	3
2024 Feb 17, 23:36	42298	0.0005	35900	35939	1442.90	0.14	2
2024 Feb 19, 01:11	42164	0.0005	35764	35808	1436.07	0.14	359	104°.7 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-047B 48809						Re-entered - 2022 Aug 9 Life 433 days
Launched Fengyun 4B.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 2, 11:47	23661	0.7238	156	34410	603.69	28.53	179

2021-048 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Jun 3, 17:29
SpaceX Dragon 2 CRS-22 2021-048A 48831						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 10 Life 37 days Returned to Earth
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract including two, improved, replacement solar panels carried in the trunk section. Separated from launch vehicle at 17:41 UTC. Docked with the upward-facing port of the ISS Harmony module Jun 5 at 09:09 UTC. Undocked Jul 8, 14:45 UTC. Retro-fire Jul 10, 02:45 UTC led to parachute touchdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 03:29 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 3, 19:13	6596	0.0017	207	230	88.86	51.65	243
2021 Jun 4, 14:29	6598	0.0020	206	232	88.89	51.65	244
2021 Jun 5, 05:43	6798	0.0007	415	425	92.97	51.65	37
2021 Jun 5, 07:19	6798	0.0004	417	422	92.97	51.65	68
2021 Jul 8, 12:50	6798	0.0002	419	422	92.98	51.64	140
2021 Jul 8, 15:15	6790	0.0010	405	419	92.81	51.66	290
2021 Jul 8, 17:14	6785	0.0002	405	408	92.70	51.64	353
2021 Jul 9, 10:47	6639	0.0087	203	319	89.72	51.64	79
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jun 17 Life 14 days
Launched SpaceX Dragon CRS-22. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 40 min after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Dragon 2 trunk module 2021-048C 49025						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 25 Life 52 days
Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-22 2021 July 10 at 02:41 UTC, prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 12, 11:57	6632	0.0082	200	308	89.59	51.64	92

2021-049 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Jun 6, 04:26
Sirius XM-8 2021-049A 48838						in space
Commercial comsat providing services to the continental USA including digital audio radio broadcast directly to cars, homes and portable radios. Separated from launch vehicle at 04:57 UTC. Expected location - 115° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jun 7, 01:00	16188	0.5914	236	19384	341.62	27.01	176
2021 Jun 8, 13:24	18236	0.6346	285	23431	408.47	26.90	177
2021 Jun 9, 04:13	19131	0.6513	292	25213	438.89	26.88	178
2021 Jun 9, 22:37	21214	0.6848	309	29362	512.49	26.82	179
2021 Jun 14, 08:27	33483	0.2585	18449	35759	1016.22	4.20	181
2021 Jun 15, 01:58	41284	0.0203	34070	35742	1391.34	0.27	168
2021 Jun 16, 09:17	42127	0.0002	35741	35757	1434.18	0.07	268	122°.1 W
2021 Jun 22, 13:59	42164	0.0002	35777	35795	1436.07	0.06	166	120°.5 W
2021 Jul 30, 14:25	42164	0.0002	35777	35796	1436.08	0.04	22	120°.5 W
2021 Aug 12, 01:35	42046	0.0001	35665	35671	1430.03	0.05	154	104°.6 W
2021 Aug 20, 23:54	42044	0.0002	35657	35675	1429.96	0.05	48	90°.8 W
2021 Aug 25, 03:50	42110	0.0002	35723	35741	1433.30	0.06	46	86°.9 W
2021 Aug 30, 13:02	42172	0.0001	35790	35797	1436.45	0.07	334	85°.0 W
2023 Feb 12, 14:18	42165	0.0002	35780	35794	1436.10	0.02	238	85°.2 W
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-049B 48839						in space
Launched Sirius XM-8.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 7, 00:59	16177	0.5914	232	19366	341.28	27.01	176

2021-050 CZ 2D Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Jun 11, 03:03
Space Experiment 1 2021-050A 48840						Re-entered - 2024 Jun 24 Life 1109 days
Small satellite from Tianjian University of Space Engineering launched as an educational demonstrator of satellite design, construction and launch. Catalogue number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 11, 21:55	6873	0.0010	488	502	94.52	97.51	275
Heisi 2 2021-050B 48841						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 13 Life 1159 days
Small satellite reportedly for ecological observation of the continental shelf. Catalogue number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 11, 21:59	6873	0.0011	487	502	94.51	97.51	277
Yangwang 1 2021-050C 48842						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 27 Life 991 days
Small satellite for asteroid research from the Shenzhen Space Technology Company. Catalogue number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 11, 21:52	6873	0.0011	488	502	94.51	97.51	276
Beijing 3A 2021-050D 48843						in space
Commercial Earth imaging satellite from China's 21st Century Space Technology Application Company.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jun 11, 21:56	6874	0.0010	489	503	94.53	97.51	267	10:08
2022 Feb 20, 05:12	6871	0.0013	484	502	94.48	97.48	103	10:23
2022 Feb 20, 14:49	6872	0.0014	484	504	94.50	97.48	98	10:23
2022 May 13, 06:40	6870	0.0013	483	501	94.45	97.47	169	10:27
2022 May 14, 12:44	6875	0.0011	490	504	94.56	97.47	202	10:27
2022 Aug 24, 06:34	6873	0.0010	487	502	94.50	97.47	206	10:31
CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jun 11 Life <1 day
Launched Beijing 3 and three small satellites. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellites.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-F03 - failed to reach orbit Simorgh (Phoenix) Ayatollah Khomeini Space Centre, Iran						2021 Jun 12
Unidentified satellite
Lost when launch failed. Launch was reported by US Government but denied by Iran.

2021-051 Pegasus XL Lockheed L-1011 over Pacific Ocean near Vandenberg AFB						2021 Jun 13, 08:11
Odyssey (TacRL 2) 2021-051A 48844						Re-entered - 2022 Dec 18 Life 553 days
Small satellite launched as the TacRL-2 mission - a test of short notice (less than three weeks) assembly of satellite and launcher. Carries sensors to monitor satellite activity in orbit - precise mission not revealed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jun 14, 07:26	6806	0.0035	404	452	93.14	97.48	291	23:43
Pegasus upper stage 2021-051B 48845						Re-entered - 2023 Nov 27 Life 897 days
Launched Odyssey (TacRL-2).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 14, 07:26	6807	0.0035	405	452	93.14	97.48	290

2021-I06 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2021 Jun 14, 09:05
RamSat 1998-067SL 48850						Re-entered - 2022 Oct 12 Life 485 days
2U Cubesat - built by students of Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee and equipped with a muli-spectral and near infrared imaging system to study the impact of large scale events (eg fires) on forests. RamSat is the single satellite in NASA's ELaNa 36 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) mission. Until 2021 Jun 28, SpaceTrack had this object catalogued as 48551/1998-067SM but radio observation by amateur observers showed it was incorrect.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 15, 15:58	6796	0.0005	415	421	92.93	51.64	128
SOAR (Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research) 1998-067SM 48851						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 14 Life 273 days
3U Cubesat - from a group led by the UK University of Manchester to test new materials that can reduce drag on a satellite in orbit. It will also study atmospheric flow around itself and test new attitude control methods. Until 2021 Jun 28, SpaceTrack had this object catalogued as 48550/1998-067SL but radio observation by amateur observers showed it was incorrect.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 15, 16:23	6796	0.0005	415	421	92.93	51.64	134

2021-052 Minotaur I Mid Atlantic Regional Space Port, Wallops Island						2021 Jun 15, 13:35
USA 316 2021-052A 48846						in space
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaisance Office. One of a group of three satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Orbit information based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Nov 25, 17:49	6972	0.0002	592	595	96.55	55.00	197
USA 317 2021-052B 48847						in space
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaisance Office. One of a group of three satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Orbit information based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Nov 25, 17:44	6971	0.0008	587	599	96.55	55.00	103
USA 318 2021-052C 48848						in space
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaisance Office. One of a group of three satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Orbit information based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Nov 25, 17:38	6971	0.0011	585	600	96.54	54.99	34
Minotaur upper stage 2021-052D 48849						in space
Launched USA 316 - 318 triplet. Orbits based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 20, 22:25	6976	0.0012	589	606	96.63	54.99	154

2021-053 CZ 2F Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Jun 17, 01:22
Shenzhou 12 2021-053A 48852						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 17 Life 92 days Returned to Earth
Carried crew of Nie Haisheng (commander), Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to Chinese Space Station (CSS). Docked with forward-facing port of Tianhe at 07:54 UTC. The crew entered CSS at 10:48 UTC. Undocked 2021 Sep 16 at 00:56 UTC and backed away. It then made a simulated docking with Tianhe's downward-facing port as a rehearsal for the upcoming Shenzhou 13 mission. Orbital module separated from the main spacecraft Sep 17 at 04:43 and retro-fire followed shortly after. The descent module landed in central China at 05:34 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6637	0.0094	197	322	89.69	41.47	176
2021 Jun 17, 08:53	6759	0.0009	375	387	92.17	41.47	301
2021 Sep 16, 06:37	6758	0.0007	376	385	92.16	41.47	350
2021 Sep 16, 23:21	6765	0.0004	384	390	92.30	41.55	260
CZ 2F third stage 2021-053B 48853						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 3 Life 16 days
Launched Shenzhou 12.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 17, 15:59	6641	0.0099	197	329	89.77	41.46	127
Shenzhou-12 Orbital Module 2016-053C 49221						Re-entered - 2023 Feb 8 Life 601 days
Detached from Shenzhou 12 2021 Sep 17 at 04:43 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 17, 20:15	6766	0.0005	385	391	92.31	41.56	273

2021-054 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Jun 17, 16:09
USA 319 (GPS IIIA SV05) 2021-054A 48859						in space
Block 3 GPS Navsat. Released from launch vehicle at 17:38 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 18, 05:33	16663	0.5936	394	20175	356.76	55.00	270
2021 Jun 25, 19:54	26562	0.0006	20169	20198	718.02	54.99	88
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2020 Nov 6 Life <1 day
Launched USA 319. An engine firing shortly after releasing the satellite caused destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean, near perigee and about seven hours, 1.5 circuits, after launch.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-055 CZ 2C Xichang Space Centre						2021 Jun 18, 06:30
Yaogan 30-09A 2021-055A 48860						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Initially drifted apart then settled themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane 2021 July 6.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 18, 14:26	6975	0.0008	591	602	96.62	34.99	262
2021 Jun 21, 11:12	6981	0.0005	600	606	96.75	35.00	253
2021 Jun 25, 00:38	6990	0.0010	605	619	96.93	35.00	252
2021 Jul 6, 13:50	6976	0.0006	594	602	96.65	35.00	278
2023 Feb 13, 10:44	6972	0.0007	589	598	96.55	35.00	279
Yaogan 30-09B 2021-055B 48861						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Initially drifted apart then settled themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane 2021 July 6.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 18, 14:30	6975	0.0008	591	602	96.62	34.99	253
2021 Jun 21, 14:24	6978	0.0003	598	602	96.68	35.00	291
2021 Jun 25, 00:31	6981	0.0006	599	607	96.74	35.00	276
2021 Jul 6, 03:39	6976	0.0006	594	602	96.65	34.99	294
2023 Feb 13, 05:24	6972	0.0006	589	598	96.55	35.00	293
Yaogan 30-09C 2021-055D 48863						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. Initially drifted apart then settled themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane 2021 July 6.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 20, 12:41	6974	0.0007	591	601	96.61	35.00	271
2021 Jun 21, 14:24	6971	0.0012	585	602	96.55	35.00	275
2021 Jul 8, 03:05	6976	0.0005	594	602	96.65	35.00	27
2023 Feb 13, 04:36	6971	0.0005	590	597	96.55	35.00	3
Tianqi 14 2021-055E 48864						in space
Comsat providing messaging communication links from LEO including between Internet-connected items. Part of the planned 38 satellite Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 20, 09:26	6972	0.0008	588	599	96.55	35.01	302
CZ 2C second stage 2021-055C 48862						in space
Launched Yaogan 30 Group 9 and Tianqi 14. Orbit is higher than the upper stage from most previous Yaogan 30 missions but is similar to that of the upper stage from Yaogan 30 Group 1 (2017-058D). It may result from an incorrect orientation when a propellant-depleting engine firing was intended to lower perigee.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 19, 17:35	7004	0.0079	571	681	97.22	35.08	279

2021-I07 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Jun 22, 10:55
G-SATELLITE 2 (BD-28) 1998-067SN 48867						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 15 Life 450 days
3U Cubesat - launch arranged by Japanese company Space BD. Probably a second copy of G-SATELLITE (dumped overboard from the ISS 2020 Apr 28, after cancellation of the 2020 Olympic Games). It will act as a bulletin board for the re-scheduled 2021 Games, and transmit video images of two miniature figures of Japanese animation characters mounted on the outside of the satellite body, plus messages and voice recordings in their voices. Launch time to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 28, 07:23	6795	0.0003	415	419	92.91	51.64	207
MIR-Sat1 (Mauritius Imagery and Radiotelecommunication Satellite) 1998-067SP 48868						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 18 Life 300 days
1U Cubesat from Mauritian Research and Innovation Council carrying an Earth imaging system and an amateur radio package.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 28, 16:42	6796	0.0003	416	420	92.92	51.64	183
Maya 4 1998-067ST 49274						Re-entered - 2022 Aug 8 Life 412 days
1U Cubesat - built under the Philippines Space Space Science and Technology Proliferation programme by the University of the Philippines Diliman (including student participation) and the DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute. Demonstrator of systems needed for satellite-based remote data collection and optical imaging, including a near infrared camera.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 7, 14:49	6796	0.0006	414	421	92.92	51.64	101

2021-056 Soyuz-2.1b Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2021 Jun 25, 19:50
Cosmos 2550 (Pion-NKS 1) 2021-056A 48865						in space
Russian military satellite for electronic intelligence gathering and radar surveillance of the Earth's surface. Vehicle body is based on the design of the Yantar satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 25, 22:55	6708	0.0202	195	466	91.13	67.14	92
2021 Jun 27, 01:59	6710	0.0198	199	464	91.16	67.14	92
2021 Jun 28, 18:41	6832	0.0010	447	461	93.67	67.13	93
2021 Jun 29, 20:57	6844	0.0005	462	469	93.91	67.14	259
Soyuz upper stage 2021-056B 48866						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 26 Life 31 days
Launched Pion-NKS.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 25, 22:55	6697	0.0188	193	444	90.90	67.13	93

2021-057 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Jun 29, 23:27
Progress MS-17 (Progress 7K-MS №446) 2021-057A 48869						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 25 Life 149 days
Supplies and equipment to ISS. Docked with the Poisk Module Jul 2 at 00:59 UTC. Undocked from Poisk Oct 20 at ~22:42 UTC and backed off to 185 km to keep station with ISS. Docked with the Nauka module Oct 22 at ~07:23 UTC. Undocked Nov 25 at 11:22:35 UTC carrying the small docking adaptor from Nauka that had allowed initial link-up, clearing the way for arrival of the Prichal ISS node on Nov 25. Following retrofire Nov 25 at 14:34 UTC above central Russia, Progress entered the Earth's atmosphere above the southern Pacific Ocean around 15:08 UTC. Any surviving fragments hit the ocean surface around 15:17 UTC
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 30, 04:03	6710	0.0077	280	383	91.17	51.65	339
2021 Jun 30, 11:46	6711	0.0074	283	382	91.18	51.65	341
2021 Jul 1, 10:24	6713	0.0073	286	384	91.23	51.64	342
2021 Jul 1, 18:10	6799	0.0002	419	422	92.98	51.64	128
2021 Jul 2, 12:41	6799	0.0002	419	422	92.98	51.64	132
2021 Nov 24, 07:50	6799	0.0004	418	424	92.99	51.64	236
Soyuz upper stage 2021-057B 48870						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 2 Life 3 days
Launched Progress MS-17.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 30, 06:38	6579	0.0023	186	215	88.51	51.66	69

2021-058 LauncherOne (ST27-VPA) Boeing 747, Pacific Ocean off California						2021 Jun 30, 14:47
Stork 5 (MARTA) 2021-058B 48872						Re-entered - 2023 Oct 22 Life 844 days
3U Cubesat from SatRevolution of Poland. Part of a planned fourteen satellite constellation of Earth imaging satellites. Also carries Australian company Spiral Blue’s Space Edge Zero (SEZ) - a prototype computer designed to allow in-space processing of satellite images.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 21:45	6885	0.0018	495	520	94.77	60.69	265
Stork 4 2021-058C 48873						Re-entered - 2023 Oct 3 Life 825 days
3U Cubesat from SatRevolution of Poland. Part of a planned fourteen satellite constellation of Earth imaging satellites. Also carries Australian company Spiral Blue’s Space Edge Zero (SEZ) - a prototype computer designed to allow in-space processing of satellite images.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 3, 00:50	6886	0.0018	495	520	94.78	60.69	266
CNCE 2 (CubeSat Network Communications Experiment) 2021-058D 48874						Re-entered - 2023 Oct 31 Life 853 days
3U Cubesat from the US Department of Defense, one of a pair carried by LauncherOne. Carries a payload to demonstrate communications for software-defined radios, ad hoc networks and situations where aerials are not best positioned for line of sight communication.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 04:37	6887	0.0020	495	522	94.79	60.69	269
CNCE 1 (CubeSat Network Communications Experiment) 2021-058E 48875						Re-entered - 2023 Oct 31 Life 853 days
3U Cubesat from the US Department of Defense, one of a pair carried by LauncherOne. Carries a payload to demonstrate communications for software-defined radios, ad hoc networks and situations where aerials are not best positioned for line of sight communication.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 04:37	6887	0.0019	495	522	94.80	60.69	268
BRIK-II 2021-058F 48876						in space
6U Cubesat from the Royal Netherlands Air Force. It carries experimental military radio equipment and a small complement of science instruments.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 04:37	6887	0.0020	495	522	94.80	60.69	267
HALO Net Free Flyer 2021-058G 48877						Re-entered - 2023 Nov 25 Life 878 days
3U Cubesat from the US Department of Defense. Equipped with laser retro-reflectors to study how they degrade - precursor to an eventual optical communications network. Equipped with a modem to communicate via the Iridium satellite phone network.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 15:43	6889	0.0022	495	526	94.83	60.69	270
Gunsmoke-J 3 2021-058H 48878						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 9 Life 1014 days
3U Cubesat from the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command to support military operations by providing battlefield imagery from orbit. Design with based on Los Alamos National Laboratory's Prometheus 1.5U Cubesat with the Gunsmoke payload attached. Launch occurred the same day that Gunsmoke-J 1 was released from Cygnus NG-15.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 3, 02:32	6889	0.0023	495	527	94.84	60.69	269
LauncherOne upper stage 2021-058A 48871						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 25 Life 786 days
Launched cluster of seven small satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites in order to reduce orbital life.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 1, 03:09	6839	0.0063	418	504	93.81	60.67	164

2021-059 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Transporter 2) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Jun 30, 19:31
Starlink 3003 2021-059A 48879						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 30 Life 1157 days
One member of a group of three LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. All three satellites were injected initially into similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:00	6896	0.0011	511	526	94.99	97.51	249
SpaceBEE 100 2021-059E 48883						Re-entered - 2024 Mar 14 Life 988 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit subject to confirmation. One of 12 SpaceBEE satellites carried by Sherpa FX-2, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 21:03	6909	0.0009	525	537	95.25	97.51	206
Lemur-2 (Jackson) 2021-059G 48885						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 10 Life 955 days
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 03:13	6909	0.0008	525	536	95.24	97.51	199
SpaceBEE NZ-7 2021-059L 48889						Re-entered - 2023 Sep 12 Life 804 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies, New Zealand to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit subject to confirmation. One of a batch of four SpaceBee satellites from New Zealand carried on the Falcon 9, all are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 21:02	6908	0.0009	524	536	95.24	97.52	209
2023 Feb 13, 07:26	6855	0.0008	471	482	94.13	97.57	333
Echostar Global 3 2021-059P 48892						in space
6U Cubesat - part of a planned constellation of 30+ satellite to provide communications for internet-connected items. Demonstrated use of thruster to set up operational orbit.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 21:02	6908	0.0009	524	536	95.24	97.51	209
2021 Jul 15, 10:04	6948	0.0047	537	602	96.05	97.50	353
2021 Jul 16, 15:01	6971	0.0081	537	649	96.55	97.50	351
2021 Jul 17, 18:43	7026	0.0009	642	655	97.69	97.51	271
2021 Nov 3, 14:17	7026	0.0009	641	655	97.69	97.53	279
2021 Dec 2, 09:01	7030	0.0010	644	659	97.76	96.01	202
Centauri 4 2021-059V 48898						Re-entered - 2024 May 29 Life 1064 days
6U Cubesat from Fleet Space - one of a planned constellation of 140 satellites to provide internet connectivity for ground based sensors.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:37	6908	0.0010	523	537	95.23	97.52	211
TUBIN (Technical University of Berlin Infrared Nanosatellite) 2021-059X 48900						in space
Small satellite equipped with three cameras as an infrared Earth imaging system. It will be used to measure land and sea surface temperatures.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 6, 22:36	6908	0.0010	523	536	95.23	97.51	206	14:06
2023 Feb 13, 10:58	6894	0.0010	509	523	94.95	97.58	356	14:17
TROPICS Pathfinder (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) 2021-059Y 48901						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 26 Life 1122 days
Demonstration mission prior to launch of NOAA's planned TROPICS constellation of satellites equipped with microwave radiometers to measure, temperature, moisture, and rainfall in the atmosphere.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 01:36	6908	0.0010	523	536	95.23	97.51	203
2023 Feb 13, 03:09	6883	0.0009	499	511	94.72	97.57	351
LINCS A 2021-059Z 48902						Re-entered - 2025 Mar 13 Life 1352 days
Small satellite testing laser communications, Internet connection and communication with military surveillance drones.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:36	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.22	97.51	209
2023 Feb 13, 07:29	6890	0.0010	505	519	94.86	97.58	355
LINCS B 2021-059AA 48903						Re-entered - 2025 May 6 Life 1406 days
Small satellite testing laser communications, Internet connection and communication with military surveillance drones.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 01:35	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.22	97.51	199
2023 Feb 13, 15:04	6892	0.0009	508	521	94.91	97.57	352
ÑuSat 19 (Rosalind) 2021-059AC 48905						Re-entered - 2024 Oct 30 Life 1218 days
Small satellite from Satellogic of Argentina to provide earth images in the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum using real-time imaging and video. One of four similar satellites carried on the Transporter 2 mission. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:35	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.22	97.51	202
2023 Feb 13, 11:01	6873	0.0009	488	501	94.51	97.53	315
Umbra 01 (Umbra 2001) 2021-059AD 48906						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 30 Life 1035 days
Small satellite from US company UMBRA, equipped with a radar imaging system for commercial Earth observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:35	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.21	97.51	201
2023 Feb 13, 02:37	6884	0.0006	502	510	94.75	97.56	254
Mandrake 2 Able 2021-059AE 48907						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously- launched small satellites to demonstrate satellite-satellite Laser communications under the US Government 'Blackjack' programme.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:35	6907	0.0010	522	536	95.21	97.51	201
Mandrake 2 Baker 2021-059AF 48908						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously- launched small satellites to demonstrate satellite-satellite Laser communications under the US Government 'Blackjack' programme.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:35	6907	0.0011	522	536	95.21	97.51	199
2023 Feb 13, 08:34	6896	0.0010	511	525	94.99	97.58	352
PACE 1 (Payload Accelerator for CubeSat Endeavors) 2021-059AG 48909						in space
6U Cubesat launched under NASA's PACE initiative. Carries four payloads consisting of a gamma-ray and neutron detector/spectrometer, optical retro-reflectors for laser-based tracking from the ground, an RFID radio reflector to assist in satellite identification, and a radar retro-reflector. failed to activate after release from launch. vehicle. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:44	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.21	97.50	195
2023 Feb 13, 02:59	6895	0.0010	510	524	94.96	97.57	349
GNOMES 2 (GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellite) 2021-059AH 48910						Re-entered - 2024 May 10 Life 1045 days
Small satellite from PlanetiQ, equipped with radio receivers to observe occultations of MEO navsat signals in order to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and contribute to weather forecasting. First in a planned multi-satellite constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:34	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.21	97.52	203
2023 Feb 13, 14:17	6876	0.0010	491	505	94.58	97.58	340
YAM 2 (Yet Another Mission 2) 2021-059AJ 48911						in space
Small satellite from Loft Orbital Solutions carrying payloads supplied by Orbital Sidekick, SpaceChain, the UAE Government and two unidentified customers
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:34	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.20	97.51	203
2023 Feb 13, 07:34	6890	0.0011	505	520	94.87	97.58	348
ION SCV-003 (Dauntless David) 2021-059AK 48912						Re-entered - 2024 Dec 9 Life 1258 days
Satellite Carrier Vehicle built by D-Orbit - released from launch vehicle carrying: QMR-KWT W-Cube Ghalib NAPA 2/RTF-Sat 2 Endurosat SPARTAN Deimos Neptuno. Also hosts three payloads that were not designed to be released as separate satellites, taking the total to nine payloads: LaserCube - a 2U device holding a laser communication system, Nebula - a 1U device demonstrating a cloud computing network in orbit. Adeo N2 - a 1U device carrying a 3.6 sq m dragsail to accelerate ION's orbital decay.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 5, 14:49	6907	0.0011	521	536	95.20	97.51	204
Capella 5 (Whitney 3) 2021-059AL 48913						Re-entered - 2023 Feb 23 Life 603 days
Second generation satellite from Capella Space carrying Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth imaging. Member of a planned thirty satellite constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:34	6906	0.0011	521	536	95.20	97.51	199
2023 Feb 13, 08:01	6723	0.0016	333	355	91.42	97.54	300
YAM 3 (Yet Another Mission 3) 2021-059AN 48915						in space
Small satellite from Loft Orbital Solutions carrying payloads from DARPA (in the form of a risk reduction demonstrator for its 'Blackjack' programme), two demonstrator payloads for a Eutelsat Internet comms system (ELO 1 AND ELO 2), an imaging system from Dragonfly Aerospace, and others as yet unidentified.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:33	6906	0.0011	520	536	95.19	97.51	197
2023 Feb 13, 15:03	6896	0.0011	510	525	94.98	97.58	345
ICEYE X11 2021-059AR 48918						in space
Small satellite fitted with a sythetic aperture radar for Earth surface imaging. Ultimately intended to be part of an eighteen satellite constellation. One of four similar satellites carried on this launch. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:32	6906	0.0012	519	536	95.19	97.51	199
2023 Feb 13, 12:48	6884	0.0011	498	513	94.74	97.58	339
D2/Atlacom-1 2021-059AV 48922						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 1 Life 1159 days
6U Cubesat carrying a set of imaging and communications payloads from multiple suppliers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:40	6905	0.0014	517	536	95.17	97.51	189
2023 Feb 13, 10:40	6880	0.0011	494	509	94.65	97.57	329
Lemur-2 (AnnaBanana) 2021-059AW 48923						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 12 Life 1108 days
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:32	6906	0.0012	519	536	95.18	97.51	197
Faraday-Phoenix 2021-059AX 48924						in space
6U Cubesat - carrying several payloads including an electronic surveillance package and a communications system for internet-connected devices. Released from Sherpa LTE-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 7, 01:41	6905	0.0018	514	539	95.16	97.51	204
2023 Feb 12, 21:28	6892	0.0017	502	525	94.90	97.58	348
Lemur-2 (John-Treires) 2021-059AY 48925						Re-entered - 2023 Dec 5 Life 888 days
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 7, 01:40	6904	0.0015	516	536	95.16	97.51	202
2023 Feb 13, 08:42	6857	0.0012	471	487	94.19	97.58	326
Painani 2 2021-059BB 48928						Re-entered - 2024 Nov 5 Life 1224 days
3U Cubesat owned by Mexico's Ministry of National Defense (Sedena). It is equipped with infrared sensors capable of imaging the Earth's surface and measuring its temperature. Nothing reported following launch, indicating that it may have failed to activate after release into orbit. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 7, 01:38	6903	0.0015	515	536	95.14	97.52	206
2023 Feb 13, 07:22	6882	0.0014	495	514	94.70	97.58	344
Kleos Polar Vigilance 1 (KSF-1a) 2021-059BD 48930						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 21 Life 966 days
6U Cubesat - one of four satellites orbiting together, designed to observe maritime activity, particularly of shipping in strategic areas not using AIS. Carries radio receivers to monitor nautical radio bands. Satellite built by GomSpace in Denmark for Luxemburg company Kleos Space. One of four Kleos satellites carried by Sherpa LTE-1, all aimed at similar orbits to fly in formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 7, 01:38	6903	0.0016	514	536	95.13	97.51	204
2023 Feb 13, 12:06	6858	0.0012	471	488	94.20	97.57	330
SpaceBEE 88 2021-059BJ 48935						Re-entered - 2023 Feb 24 Life 604 days
0.25U Cubesat from Swarm Technologies to provide a two-way communications system from LEO as part of a 150 satellite constellation. To aid tracking,the satellite carries a radar retro-reflector. It also carries a GPS receiver to help determine its location Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit subject to confirmation. One of 12 SpaceBEE satellites carried by the Falcon 9, all in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:26	6902	0.0017	512	536	95.11	97.51	212
2023 Feb 13, 04:37	6712	0.0018	322	345	91.20	97.54	305
Lynk 06 (Shannon) 2021-059BM 48938						Re-entered - 2025 Jan 31 Life 1311 days
Small satellite to demonstrate the space segment of a satellite-ground communications system using a mobile phone link where the satellite acts as the 'cell tower'. Released from Sherpa FX-2. Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 14:30	6902	0.0016	513	535	95.12	97.51	214
2023 Feb 13, 00:06	6885	0.0015	496	517	94.75	97.58	350
Sherpa LTE-1 2021-059BQ 48941						Re-entered - 2024 Jul 5 Life 1101 days
Satelllite carrier using electrical thruster for propulsion, built by Spaceflight inc - released from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle upper stage then deployed twelve satellites shortly afterwards: Hawkeye (3 satellites) Shasta/Aurora Kleos KSM (4 satellites) Faraday-Phoenix Tenzing Tiger 2 ARTHUR 1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 17:42	6903	0.0016	514	536	95.13	97.51	209
QMR-KWT 2021-059BS 48943						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 7 Life 1165 days
1U Cubesat with an educational payload designed to allow students to develop and test new software by writing code to be uploaded and executed on the satellite’s onboard computer. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 16. Identification via Nico Janssen from radio tracking.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
Tiger 2 (Layan 21) 2021-059BT 48944						Re-entered - 2024 Oct 9 Life 1197 days
6U Cubesat from OQ Technology equipped with a 5G internet communications payload. Released from Sherpa LTE-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 16:05	6902	0.0016	513	535	95.11	97.51	204
2023 Feb 13, 14:39	6877	0.0014	490	509	94.60	97.58	335
Tenzing (Tanker-001) 2021-059CA 48951						in space
Small satellite owned by Orbital Fab - demonstrator of storing propellant on-orbit for future space refuelling activity. Released from Sherpa LTE-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 17:41	6903	0.0016	514	536	95.13	97.51	210
2023 Feb 13, 14:59	6893	0.0016	503	525	94.91	97.58	354
Arthur 1 2021-059CC 48953						in space
12U Cubesat - Risk Reduction Flight to demonstrate a high resolution optical payload, and verify the capability to maneuver the satellite. Released from Sherpa LTE-1. As of 2021 Dec 1 there had been no evidence of manoeuvres.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:25	6902	0.0014	514	533	95.10	97.51	211
2023 Feb 13, 11:58	6885	0.0014	498	517	94.76	97.58	347
Astrocast 08 (Astrocast 0201) 2021-059CD 48954						in space
3U Cubesat in a planned eighty satellite constellation to provide communications for internet-connected devices. One of five similar satellites released from Sherpa FX-2. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 22:24	6901	0.0014	513	533	95.09	97.51	210
Aurora 2021-059CF 48956						in space
Small satellite owned by Orbital Sidekick and operated by Astro Digital. Carries a hyperspectral imaging system. Released from Sherpa LTE-1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:35	6903	0.0017	513	536	95.12	97.51	205
2023 Feb 13, 03:24	6888	0.0016	499	521	94.83	97.58	350
Hawk 3A (Cluster 3 #1) 2021-059CG 48957						in space
SIGINT (signals intelligence) satellite from Hawkeye 360 to map radio transmissions worldwide. The three satellites fly in formation and the time differences between signal arrival will allow pinpointing of the location of the transmitter Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit subject to confirmation. One of three Hawk satellites carried by Sherpa LTE-1. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 16:06	6903	0.0017	513	536	95.12	97.52	212
2023 Feb 13, 08:30	6890	0.0016	501	523	94.86	97.58	353
Sherpa FX-2 2021-059CH 48958						in space
Satelllite carrier built by Spaceflight inc - released from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle upper stage then deployed deployed twenty one satellites shortly afterwards: Astrocast (5 satellites) Lemur (3 satellites) Lynk 06 SpaceBEE (12 satellites) Also hosts a payload that was not designed to be released as a separate satellites, taking the total to twenty two payloads: TROOP 2 (Train-Rapid On Orbit Payload) - demonstrator for a system to support a number of hosted payloads whilst on orbit. Formerly known as Tagsat 2.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 8, 04:35	6902	0.0017	513	536	95.12	97.51	205
2023 Feb 13, 03:02	6891	0.0016	502	524	94.89	97.58	351
Lemur-2 (CarlSantaMaria) 2021-059CJ 48959						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 14 Life 775 days
3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. One of three Lemur-2 satellites released from Sherpa FX-2. All are in similar orbits.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 6, 16:05	6902	0.0016	513	536	95.12	97.51	214
Ghalib 2021-059CM 48962						Re-entered - 2024 Apr 17 Life 1022 days
2U Cubesat from Marshall Intech Technology carrying a radio receiver to allow tracking of falcon bird migration. also carries an 'on demand' Earth imaging system. Released from ION SCV 2021 mid-late July.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 26, 15:37	6905	0.0010	519	533	95.16	97.51	139
NAPA 2 2021-059CN 48963						in space
6U Cubesat - military Imaging satellite for the Royal Thai Air Force. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 19.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 25, 14:22	6908	0.0015	520	541	95.24	97.51	135
2023 Feb 13, 10:55	6898	0.0013	511	528	95.02	97.58	347
SPARTAN (Shared Platform for Applied Research and Technology AffirmatioN ) 2021-059CP 48964						in space
6U Cubesat - carrying seven unspecified payloads. Released from ION SCV 2021 mid-late July.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 25, 14:15	6904	0.0009	520	532	95.15	97.51	138
2023 Feb 13, 14:29	6892	0.0007	509	519	94.91	97.57	350
W-Cube 2021-059CQ 48965						in space
3U Cubesat from Reaktor Space Lab designed to study the propagation of extremely high-frequency W-band radio waves through the ionosphere and upper atmosphere. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 22.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 25, 19:06	6908	0.0015	520	540	95.23	97.51	132
Neptuno 2021-059CR 48966						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 15 Life 1142 days
3U Cubesat for maritime reconnaissance. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 24.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 30, 00:38	6905	0.0010	519	534	95.17	97.50	121
2023 Feb 13, 02:39	6880	0.0008	497	508	94.66	97.57	336
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jun 30 Life <1 day
Launched Transporter 2 mission carrying 88 small satellites. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hrs (1.5 orbits) after lift-off.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jun 30, 20:25	6913	0.0004	532	538	95.34	97.49	195

2021-060 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome						2021 Jul 1, 12:48
OneWeb 0249 2021-060A 48967						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 34 similar satellites carried on this launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 2, 16:00	6822	0.0004	441	447	93.47	87.40	295
2021 Jul 3, 22:00	6822	0.0004	442	447	93.47	87.40	287
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 1 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the eastern Pacific Ocean about 18:10 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-061 CZ 2D Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Jul 3, 02:51
Jilin-1 Wide Field 01B (Jilin-1 KF01B, Nei Mongol 1) 2021-061A 49003						in space
Imaging satellite for Earth resources and land studies, particularly in relation to mining and urban construction industries.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 3, 23:14	6916	0.0010	531	545	95.40	97.54	270	10:00
Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D 01 (Jilin-1 GF03D 01, Xuersi) 2021-061B 49004						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. Also acting as part of the "Xuersi Space Project" to provide students with course work and practical experience of working with satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 3, 22:59	6915	0.0011	529	544	95.38	97.54	279	10:00
Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D 02 (Jilin-1 GF03D 02) 2021-061C 49005						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 3, 23:13	6914	0.0011	528	544	95.36	97.54	285	10:00
Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D 03 (Jilin-1 GF03D 03) 2021-061D 49006						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 3, 22:59	6914	0.0011	528	544	95.37	97.54	283	10:00
Xingshidai 10 (Star Times 10) 2021-061E 49007						in space
Remote sensing - equipped with a multispectral Earth imaging system, from ADA Space (Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Technology company) of China. Also carries a laser communication system and uses an artificial intelligence system to control the creation and processing of images. Part of a planned 100 satellite constellation. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 3, 23:13	6915	0.0011	529	544	95.37	97.54	280	10:00
CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 3 Life <1 day
Launched Jilin-1 Wide Field 01B and other satellites. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellites.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-062 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Jul 4, 23:28
Fengyun 3E (Fengyun 3-05) 2021-062A 49008						in space
Second generation meteorological imaging satellite capable of producing three-dimensional analyses of weather systems. First to utilise an orbit with morning/evening orbital nodes.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 5, 09:01	7183	0.0005	802	809	100.98	98.70	251	05:41
2021 Jul 7, 14:50	7196	0.0002	817	819	101.25	98.69	166	05:41
2021 Jul 9, 19:20	7204	0.0002	825	828	101.43	98.70	232	05:41
2023 Feb 13, 11:12	7204	0.0002	824	828	101.43	98.72	40	05:37
CZ 4C third stage 2021-062C 49010						in space
Launched Fengyun 3E. Perigee lowered to reduce orbital lifetime.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 5, 04:31	7087	0.0137	612	806	98.96	98.70	62

2021-063 CZ 3C Xichang Space Centre						2021 Jul 6, 15:53
Tianlian 1-05 2021-063A 49011						in space
Data communications satellite to provide a data relay, and measurement and control service for Chinese satellites and space stations. Transfer orbit similar to the launch vehicle upper stage, GEO drift orbit not known.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jul 16, 15:02	42165	0.0001	35784	35789	1436.09	3.00	224	10°.6 E
2023 Feb 13, 01:07	42164	0.0002	35777	35795	1436.06	1.56	38	16°.8 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-063B 49012						Re-entered - 2022 May 30 Life 328 days
Launched Tianlian 1-05
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 9, 17:14	26361	0.7512	180	39785	709.89	17.55	176

2021-064 CZ 6 (Y-6) Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Jul 9, 11:59
Ningxia-1 6 (Zhongzi Group 2-1) 2021-064A 49018						in space
One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor the radio spectrum over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 11, 02:38	7240	0.0007	857	867	102.18	45.00	269
2021 Jul 24, 05:31	7245	0.0006	862	871	102.28	45.00	305
2021 Oct 1, 21:44	7244	0.0009	860	872	102.27	45.00	288
Ningxia-1 7 (Zhongzi Group 2-2) 2021-064B 49019						in space
One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor the radio spectrum over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 11, 02:38	7240	0.0007	857	867	102.18	45.00	272
2021 Jul 24, 05:28	7243	0.0008	860	871	102.25	45.00	321
2021 Oct 1, 21:24	7244	0.0008	860	872	102.27	45.00	294
Ningxia-1 8 (Zhongzi Group 2-3) 2021-064C 49020						in space
One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor the radio spectrum over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 11, 04:20	7240	0.0008	856	867	102.17	45.00	277
2021 Jul 23, 19:14	7242	0.0009	858	870	102.23	44.99	323
2021 Oct 1, 21:03	7244	0.0008	860	872	102.27	45.00	298
Ningxia-1 9 (Zhongzi Group 2-4) 2021-064D 49021						in space
One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor the radio spectrum over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 11, 04:20	7239	0.0009	855	867	102.16	45.01	281
2021 Jul 22, 19:21	7241	0.0009	857	869	102.21	45.00	323
2021 Oct 1, 22:25	7244	0.0009	860	872	102.27	45.00	304
Ningxia-1 10 (Zhongzi Group 2-5) 2021-064E 49022						in space
One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor the radio spectrum over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 11, 09:25	7238	0.0009	854	866	102.14	45.00	292
2021 Jul 23, 19:06	7240	0.0008	856	868	102.19	45.00	338
2021 Sep 30, 17:07	7244	0.0008	860	872	102.27	45.00	308
CZ 6 third stage 2021-064F 49023						in space
Launched second group of five Ningxia-1 satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 10, 22:31	7141	0.0175	637	888	100.09	45.00	8

2021-065 CZ 2C Xichang Space Centre						2021 Jul 19, 00:19
Yaogan 30-10A 2021-065A 49026						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. They will use orbital manoeuvres to settle themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 19, 06:36	6975	0.0007	592	602	96.62	34.99	255
2021 Jul 30, 00:02	6987	0.0003	606	611	96.86	34.99	203
2021 Aug 12, 05:10	6976	0.0007	593	603	96.65	35.00	322
2023 Feb 13, 10:24	6971	0.0006	589	598	96.55	35.00	4
Tianqi 15 2021-065B 49027						in space
Comsat providing messaging communication links from LEO including between Internet-connected items. Part of the planned 38 satellite Guodian Gaoke (Apocalypse) constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 19, 15:02	6972	0.0009	587	600	96.55	35.01	291
Yaogan 30-10B 2021-065C 49028						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. They will use orbital manoeuvres to settle themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 19, 06:37	6975	0.0007	592	601	96.62	34.99	251
2021 Jul 30, 01:28	6980	0.0005	598	605	96.72	34.99	337
2021 Aug 12, 03:01	6976	0.0001	597	599	96.65	35.00	289
2023 Feb 13, 11:29	6971	0.0001	593	594	96.55	35.00	282
Yaogan 30-10C 2021-065D 49029						in space
One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. They will use orbital manoeuvres to settle themselves at 120° spacing around the orbit plane.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 19, 06:37	6975	0.0007	592	601	96.61	34.99	254
2021 Jul 23, 11:33	6973	0.0009	589	601	96.58	34.99	288
2021 Aug 12, 07:19	6976	0.0004	595	601	96.65	34.99	75
2023 Feb 13, 10:56	6972	0.0004	591	596	96.55	35.00	120
CZ 2C second stage 2021-065E 49030						in space
Launched Yaogan 30 Group 10 and Tianqi 15. Perigee lowered to accelerate orbit decay.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 20, 13:52	6906	0.0095	462	593	95.19	35.13	57

2021-066 Proton-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Jul 21, 14:58
Nauka (Multipurpose Laboratory Module) 2021-066A 49044						in space
Science module for ISS. Docked with the downward-facing port of the Zvezda module under manual control through TORU for the final five metres Jul 29 at 13:29:06 UTC. Hooks and latches were engaged at 13:35 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 21, 19:33	6646	0.0118	189	346	89.87	51.62	86
2021 Jul 22, 19:34	6664	0.0092	224	347	90.23	51.62	89
2021 Jul 23, 15:30	6672	0.0103	225	363	90.39	51.58	92
2021 Jul 24, 04:55	6683	0.0099	238	370	90.61	51.61	97
2021 Jul 25, 09:40	6748	0.0053	334	406	91.95	51.64	112
2021 Jul 27, 19:55	6761	0.0035	359	406	92.21	51.64	130
2021 Jul 28, 22:05	6766	0.0027	370	406	92.32	51.64	134
2021 Jul 29, 12:09	6798	0.0001	419	421	92.97	51.64	211
Proton upper stage 2021-066B 49045						Re-entered - 2021 Aug 6 Life 16 days
Launched Nauka.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 21, 21:09	6638	0.0108	188	332	89.70	51.62	84

2021-067 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Jul 29, 04:01
Tianhui 1-04 2021-067A 49049						in space
Cartographic imaging satellite capable of stereoscopic Earth photography, equipped with orbit adjustment engine to maintain height against air drag. Launch appears to have been delayed by ten minutes during countdown.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Jul 30, 11:32	6874	0.0011	488	503	94.53	97.48	262	10:21
2023 Feb 13, 14:21	6874	0.0003	494	498	94.53	97.41	264	10:35
CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Jul 29 Life <1 day
Launched Tianhui 1-04. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellite.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-068 Electron (Running Out Of Toes) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 Jul 29, 06:00
Monolith 2021-068A 49052						in space
Demonstration satellite sponsored by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to test and demonstrate control of a small satellite where a deployed sensor is a significant proportion of the overall satellite mass. Until 2021 Aug 3, this object was tagged by SpaceTrack as 49053/2021-068B.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 29, 16:07	6982	0.0008	598	610	96.77	37.02	272
Electron second stage 2021-068B 49053						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 15 Life 109 days
Launched Monolith. Until 2021 Aug 3, this object was tagged by SpaceTrack as 49052/2021-068A.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 30, 14:59	6803	0.0269	242	608	93.08	37.03	274
Electron third stage (kick stage) 2021-068C 49054						Re-entered - 2022 Oct 13 Life 441 days
Launched Monolith. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Jul 30, 13:47	6847	0.0183	344	595	93.98	37.02	102

2021-069 Ariane 5ECA (VA-254) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Jul 30, 21:00
Star One D2 2021-069A 49055						in space
Comsat operated by Embratel of Brazil, covering Central and South America. Provides broadband, internet and secure government communications. Separated from the launch vehicle at 06:28 UTC. Expected location - 70° west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Aug 1, 00:32	27385	0.5384	6262	35752	751.67	1.94	178
2021 Aug 1, 20:41	24358	0.7279	250	35710	630.56	2.97	179
2021 Aug 2, 05:54	29407	0.4310	10354	35704	836.43	0.99	178
2021 Aug 3, 16:22	34714	0.2163	20829	35844	1072.81	0.33	178
2021 Aug 5, 11:02	41258	0.0196	34071	35689	1390.02	0.06	9
2021 Aug 6, 07:46	42130	0.0010	35709	35794	1434.30	0.09	182	71°.6 W
2021 Aug 11, 07:20	42165	0.0002	35780	35795	1436.12	0.08	215	70°.1 W
2023 Feb 11, 19:13	42165	0.0001	35782	35792	1436.10	0.03	184	70°.0 W
Eutelsat Quantum 2021-069B 49056						in space
Comsat designed to be configured via software that can set up the coverage area, bandwidth and transmitter power of transponders to suit its customers. Separated from the launch vehicle at 06:36 UTC. Expected location - 48° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Jul 31, 14:00	24271	0.7277	232	35555	627.19	2.61	172
2021 Aug 1, 00:20	25027	0.6829	1559	35739	656.71	2.51	178
2021 Aug 1, 01:03	26165	0.6087	3860	35713	701.99	1.80	178
2021 Aug 6, 15:09	42117	0.0010	35697	35781	1433.67	0.02	11	45°.8 E
2021 Aug 7, 12:42	42103	0.0007	35697	35753	1432.95	0.02	49	46°.5 E
2021 Aug 9, 15:20	42165	0.0000	35786	35788	1436.11	0.02	48	47°.7 E
2023 Feb 12, 20:06	42164	0.0002	35778	35794	1436.07	0.02	286	47°.7 E
Ariane 5 upper stage 2021-069D 49058						in space
Launched Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 2, 16:31	24272	0.7278	229	35557	627.20	2.62	173

2021-F04 - failed to reach orbit Hyperbola 1 (Y3) Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Aug 3, 07:39
Jilin-1
Small imaging satellite lost when the launch vehicle failed to gain sufficient velocity to attain orbit because the payload fairing did not separate. Aimed at 500 km sun-synchronous orbit with LTDN 14:00. Re-entry was probably above the southern Indian Ocean or Antarctica.

2021-070 CZ 6 (Y-7) Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Aug 4, 11:01
KL-β A 2021-070A 49059						in space
One of a pair of proof-of-concept satellites for a multi-media communications system. Built by the Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be operated by a German company, KLEO Connect, that has the contract to provide demonstrator satellites for the proposed "eightyLEO" constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 4, 15:36	7282	0.0005	900	907	103.06	88.99	237
2021 Dec 21, 02:00	7282	0.0008	898	909	103.06	89.00	164
2021 Dec 25, 21:13	7285	0.0008	901	912	103.13	89.00	154
KL-β B 2021-070B 49060						in space
One of a pair of proof-of-concept satellites for a multi-media communications system. Built by the Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be operated by a German company, KLEO Connect, that has the contract to provide demonstrator satellites for the proposed "eightyLEO" constellation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 4, 15:36	7281	0.0005	899	907	103.05	88.98	243
2021 Dec 15, 01:29	7282	0.0006	899	908	103.06	89.00	191
2021 Dec 21, 01:57	7285	0.0005	903	910	103.13	89.00	167
CZ 6 third stage 2021-070C 49061						in space
Launched the KL-β satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 4, 15:28	7116	0.0222	580	896	99.58	89.02	55

2021-071 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Aug 5, 16:30
Zhongxing 2E (Chinasat 2E) 2021-071A 49062						in space
Chinese military or government communications satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Aug 5, 19:04	24384	0.7307	189	35822	631.55	27.15	179
2021 Aug 5, 22:25	24158	0.7185	423	35138	622.82	23.63	179
2021 Aug 24, 13:07	42165	0.0001	35783	35790	1436.11	0.29	153	98°.1 E
2023 Feb 12, 15:31	42165	0.0002	35780	35794	1436.13	0.03	57	98°.0 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-071B 49063						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 22 Life 109 days
Launched Zhongxing 2E.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 8, 00:51	23832	0.7252	172	34737	610.26	27.10	180

2021-072 Antares 230+ Mid Atlantic Regional Space Port, Wallops Island						2021 Aug 10, 22:01
Cygnus NG-16 (SS Ellison Onizuka) 2021-072A 49064						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 15 Life 127 days
Northrop Grumman vehicle carrying supplies to ISS under CRS-2 contract with NASA. Captured by ISS RMS Aug 12 at 10:04 UTC under manual control by the ISS crew. At 13:42 UTC ground controllers used the RMS to attach Cygnus to the downward-facing port on Unity module. Removed from Unity using RMS 2021 Nov 20 and released into indepemdent orbit at 16:01 UTC. Retrofire Dec 15 around 05:45 UTC led to destructive re-entry above southern Pacific Ocean at about 06:25 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 10, 23:39	6654	0.0090	216	336	90.04	51.63	144
2021 Aug 11, 14:30	6664	0.0083	230	341	90.22	51.64	139
2021 Aug 12, 02:33	6794	0.0002	415	417	92.89	51.65	301
2021 Aug 12, 13:12	6798	0.0001	419	421	92.97	51.64	296
2021 Nov 19, 11:30	6799	0.0005	418	424	92.99	51.64	219
2021 Nov 21, 10:18	6838	0.0006	456	464	93.79	51.64	311
2021 Dec 14, 16:58	6838	0.0006	456	465	93.80	51.60	52
Antares second stage 2021-072B 49065						Re-entered - 2021 Aug 18 Life 8 days
Launched SS Ellison Onizuka.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 10, 23:40	6630	0.0111	178	325	89.54	51.61	143

2021-F05 - failed to reach orbit GSLV Mk II F10 Satish Dhawan Space Centre						2021 Aug 12, 00:13
EOS 03 (Earth Observation Satellite 3)
Indian remote sensing satellite aimed at GEO transfer orbit. Lost when the launch vehicle third stage engine failed to ignite correctly.

2021-073 Vega (VV-19) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Aug 17, 01:47
BRO 4 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter 4) 2021-073A 49066						Re-entered - 2025 Feb 14 Life 1277 days
6U Cubesat (3x2) from Unseen Labs of France for signal intelligence (SIGINT) reporting, specifically for maritime and airborne traffic. Separated from launch vehicle at 03:31 UTC. Identified from radio tracking by Nico Janssen.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 17, 22:31	6920	0.0028	522	562	95.48	97.56	242
2023 Feb 13, 11:45	6904	0.0027	507	544	95.14	97.50	173
RadCube 2021-073B 49067						Re-entered - 2024 Aug 20 Life 1099 days
3U Cubesat - Hungarian demonstrator for miniaturised instruments to measure radiation and magnetic fields in space. Separated from launch vehicle at 03:31 UTC. Identified from radio tracking by Nico Janssen.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 17, 22:31	6923	0.0027	527	563	95.55	97.56	251
2023 Feb 13, 04:29	6899	0.0024	505	537	95.05	97.50	183
Sunstorm 2021-073C 49068						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 5 Life 1115 days
2U CubeSat from Reaktor Space Lab, Finland carrying a solar X-ray spectrometer to detect the X-ray pulses produced by coronal mass ejections. Separated from launch vehicle at 03:31 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 18, 22:26	6923	0.0027	527	563	95.55	97.56	247
2023 Feb 13, 03:20	6901	0.0024	506	539	95.09	97.50	184
LEDSAT 2021-073D 49069						in space
1U Cubesat from Sapienza of Italy built as an educational project to investigate the performances of Light Emitting Diodes for optical tracking of satellites in low orbit. Separated from launch vehicle at 03:31 UTC. Identified from radio tracking by Nico Janssen.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 18, 12:52	6923	0.0026	527	563	95.55	97.56	249
2023 Feb 13, 10:33	6910	0.0025	514	550	95.28	97.50	185
Pléiades Neo 4 2021-073E 49070						in space
French digital imaging satellite with very high resolution sensors for use by commercial organisations, government and the military. Released from launch vehicle at 02:21 UTC. Launched into the same orbit plane as its predecessor, it will take up a station 180° away, on the opposite side of the orbit from Pléiades Neo 3.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Aug 17, 23:15	6994	0.0002	615	618	97.03	97.90	79	10:29
2023 Feb 13, 10:45	7002	0.0001	623	625	97.19	97.89	83	10:30
Vega upper stage uncatalogued						in space
Launched Pléiades Neo 4 and four Cubesats. Retro-fire at about 03:40 UTC led to destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 17, 03:32	6919	0.0023	525	557	95.46	97.64	209

2021-074 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Aug 18, 22:32
Tianhui 2-02A 2021-074A 49071						in space
Second generation Cartographic and imaging satellite. One of a pair flying close together to undertake stereoscopic imaging using synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Equipped with orbit adjustment engine to maintain formation within a few kilometres of its companion.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Aug 19, 03:03	6890	0.0012	503	520	94.85	97.45	259	05:49
2021 Aug 21, 13:44	6877	0.0007	493	503	94.58	97.44	235	05:49
2021 Aug 25, 02:36	6879	0.0006	497	505	94.64	97.42	230	05:49
2021 Aug 27, 16:32	6894	0.0003	513	518	94.94	97.45	116	05:49
2021 Aug 31, 14:07	6894	0.0001	515	517	94.94	97.45	98	05:49
2022 Sep 21, 18:41	6894	0.0002	515	517	94.94	97.46	100	05:46
2023 Feb 13, 12:29	6894	0.0002	514	517	94.94	97.46	126	05:45
Tianhui 2-02B 2021-074B 49072						in space
Second generation Cartographic and imaging satellite. One of a pair flying close together to undertake stereoscopic imaging using synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Equipped with orbit adjustment engine to maintain formation within a few kilometres of its companion.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Aug 19, 02:57	6889	0.0013	502	520	94.84	97.44	262	05:49
2021 Aug 21, 13:53	6876	0.0009	491	504	94.57	97.46	244	05:49
2021 Aug 25, 02:36	6880	0.0003	500	504	94.66	97.42	235	05:49
2021 Aug 25, 12:33	6883	0.0003	503	506	94.71	97.45	185	05:49
2021 Aug 27, 15:06	6894	0.0002	514	517	94.94	97.45	99	05:49
2021 Aug 30, 22:01	6894	0.0002	515	517	94.94	97.45	37	05:49
2022 Sep 22, 02:31	6894	0.0002	515	517	94.94	97.46	95	05:46
2023 Feb 13, 15:48	6894	0.0002	514	517	94.94	97.46	94	05:45
CZ 4B third stage 2021-074C 49073						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 3 Life 381 days
Launched pair of Tianhui 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 19, 15:40	6796	0.0132	328	507	92.92	97.44	10

2021-075 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Aug 21, 22:13
OneWeb 0285 2021-075A 49075						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 34 similar satellites carried on this launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 24, 06:00	6833	0.0016	444	466	93.69	87.40	303
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Aug 22 Life 1 day
Launched cluster of 34 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the south Atlantic Ocean Aug 22 around 03:30 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-076 CZ 2C + YZ-1S Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Aug 24, 11:15
Ronghe Shiyan 1 (Integration Test Satellite 1) 2021-076A 49112						in space
Demonstrator satellite for Chinese government communications system for use by Internet-connected devices. Matched orbit height with 2021-076C Sep 7, to run about 3900 km ahead of it.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 25, 04:29	7474	0.0014	1085	1107	107.18	86.40	306
2021 Sep 13, 04:59	7477	0.0014	1089	1110	107.25	86.40	246
2023 Jun 5, 04:00	7477	0.0014	1089	1109	107.24	86.41	288
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 8? (Communication Technology Test 8?, TJS 8?) 2021-076B 49113						in space
Communications technology test satellite. Not acknowledged in initial press reports of the launch but included in the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp report of lift-off. Three days after launch, started to reduce its orbit height rapidly, losing about 20 km per day under the influence of a constant force - probably a continuously-acting thruster. The manoeuvre was completed Sep 14.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 24, 21:20	7475	0.0016	1085	1109	107.20	86.40	307
2021 Aug 29, 18:59	7426	0.0017	1035	1061	106.15	86.40	288
2021 Sep 11, 06:19	7275	0.0017	884	909	102.91	86.41	250
2021 Sep 14, 19:50	7242	0.0016	852	876	102.23	86.40	239
2023 Jun 5, 04:34	7242	0.0022	848	880	102.22	86.41	77
Ronghe Shiyan 2 (Integration Test Satellite 1) 2021-076C 49114						in space
Demonstrator satellite for Chinese government communications system for use by Internet-connected devices.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 25, 09:51	7476	0.0018	1085	1111	107.22	86.40	303
2021 Sep 13, 02:44	7477	0.0017	1086	1112	107.25	86.40	244
2023 Jun 5, 04:09	7477	0.0017	1086	1112	107.24	86.41	283
YZ-1S rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Aug 24 Life <1 day
Launched TJS 8 and a pair of Internet Connectivity Test Satellites. Retro-fire shortly after releasing satellites reduced perigee to around 100 km then re-entered over south Africa where the plasma trail was observed at about 15:25 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-077 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Aug 24, 15:41
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 7 (Communication Technology Test 7, TJS 7) 2021-077A 49115						in space
Described as a technology test satellite, TJS 7 is probably military in nature and possibly with a missile early warning rôle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Aug 24, 22:18	24377	0.7309	181	35816	631.29	28.49	180
2021 Sep 7, 16:17	42164	0.0001	35781	35791	1436.07	1.00	263	146°.5 E
2022 Oct 28, 20:36	42166	0.0002	35779	35796	1436.15	0.06	44	146°.5 E
2022 Nov 1, 10:53	41833	0.0003	35442	35469	1419.20	0.07	92
2022 Nov 13, 18:39	41832	0.0003	35440	35469	1419.15	0.09	104
2022 Nov 25, 11:31	41832	0.0003	35440	35467	1419.11	0.12	120
2022 Nov 26, 14:56	42163	0.0002	35776	35794	1436.00	0.12	76	99°.5 W
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-077B 49116						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 13 Life 81 days
Launched TJS-7.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 24, 21:13	23672	0.7244	145	34443	604.11	28.44	179

2021-F06 - failed to reach orbit Rocket 3.3 (Astra LV0006) Kodiak Launch Centre, Alaska						2021 Aug 28, 22:34
STP-27AD1
Instrument cluster to measure physical characteristics of the ride to orbit. Built under the Space Test Program of the US Department of Defense and not intended to separate from the launch vehicle upper stage. Lost when one of the engines in the Rocket first stage failed at ignition.

2021-078 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Aug 29, 07:14
SpaceX Dragon 2 CRS-23 2021-078A 49117						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 1 Life 33 days Returned to Earth
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Docked with the forward-facing port of the Harmony module Aug 30 at 14:30 UTC. Undocked Sep 30 at 13:12 UTC. Retro-fire Oct 1 at 02:06 UTC led to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida at 02:57 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Aug 29, 09:09	6601	0.0024	207	239	88.96	51.65	244
2021 Aug 29, 11:54	6603	0.0023	209	240	88.99	51.65	237
2021 Aug 30, 05:50	6606	0.0030	208	248	89.06	51.65	239
2021 Aug 30, 11:56	6805	0.0016	416	438	93.11	51.66	220
2021 Aug 30, 13:08	6797	0.0003	416	420	92.94	51.65	330
2021 Aug 30, 13:54	6799	0.0003	419	423	92.99	51.64	334
2021 Sep 30, 11:41	6798	0.0004	417	423	92.97	51.65	45
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Aug 29 Life <1 day
Launched SpaceX Dragon CRS-22. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean about 40 min after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Dragon 2 trunk module 2021-078B 49268						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 18 Life 81 days
Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-23 2021 September 30 prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 1, 17:26	6708	0.0114	253	406	91.13	51.64	167

2021-F07 - failed to reach orbit Firefly Alpha (FLTA001) Vandenberg Space Force Base						2021 Sep 3, 01:59
Multiple payloads
Aimed at highly retrograde orbit at 300 kilometres with inclination approximately 137°. Lost when the launch vehicle first stage failed a little over two minutes after lift-off. Full payload complement unknown but included test instrumentation for the launch vehicle's first flight, souvenir items supplied by US schools and other educational institutions. Small satellites included: Hiapo Cubesat from Hawaii Science and Technology Museum, BSS-1 - Cubesat (3U) from Benchmark Space Systems with a technology demonstration payload, Spinnaker3 - dragsail experiment from Purdue University, Serenity - Cubesat (3U) from teachers in Space, NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1 - Cubesat (3U or 6U) from the USMC Warfighting Lab and the Naval Postgraduate School, CRESST DREAM COMET - Cubesat (3U) from the University of Cambridge, UK, Magneto - Cubesat (1.5U) from University of Southern California. A PocketQube dispenser from Libre Space Foundation, Greece carried: GENESIS L - 1.5p PocketQube amateur radio satellite from AMSat, GENESIS N - 1.5p PocketQube amateur radio satellite from AMSat, Fossasat 1B (1.5p Pocketqube), Fossasat 2 (2p Pocketqube), Qubik-1 (1p Pocketqube), Qubik-2 (1p Pocketqube).

2021-079 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Sep 7, 03:01
Gaofen 5-02 2021-079A 49122						in space
Environmental satellite with multi-spectral imaging equipment and detectors for greenhouse gasses, infrared radiation and trace gasses.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Sep 7, 13:57	7064	0.0009	680	692	98.47	98.28	254	10:20
2021 Sep 8, 19:31	7070	0.0005	688	695	98.60	98.29	275	10:20
2021 Sep 10, 16:39	7077	0.0019	685	712	98.74	98.24	314	10:19
2021 Sep 11, 21:37	7079	0.0001	700	701	98.79	98.28	20	10:20
2023 Feb 13, 04:14	7079	0.0003	698	703	98.78	98.23	104	10:33
2023 Feb 13, 10:49	7079	0.0003	698	703	98.78	98.23	103	10:33
CZ 4C third stage 2021-079B 49123						in space
Launched Gaofen 5-02. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 7, 15:21	6966	0.0139	491	685	96.44	98.32	61

2021-080 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Sep 9, 11:50
Zhongxing 9B (Chinasat 9B) 2021-080A 49125						in space
Chinese communications satellite to supplement/replace Zhongxing 9A (42763/2017-035A) that had a shortened on-orbit life when its station-keeping propellant had to be used to correct an underperformance of the launch vehicle. Probably entered GEO drift orbit Sep 10 at around 04:00 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Sep 9, 19:45	24377	0.7299	206	35792	631.30	24.56	179
2021 Sep 22, 15:40	42165	0.0004	35769	35804	1436.09	0.06	269	101°.4 E
2023 Feb 13, 01:32	42165	0.0001	35781	35793	1436.12	0.01	201	101°.4 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-080B 49126						Re-entered - 2022 May 12 Life 245 days
Launched Zhongxing 9B.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 19, 22:59	23606	0.7211	205	34251	601.58	24.64	186

2021-081 Soyuz-2.1v Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2021 Sep 9, 19:59
Cosmos 2551 2021-081A 49127						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 20 Life 41 days
Possible imaging reconnaissance satellite. Re-entry occurred within seven weeks and there were no obvious orbit adjustments, suggesting that its purpose may have been to monitor performance of the launch vehicle. May be similar to the later Cosmos 2555 (52330/2022-044A) and Cosmos 2560 (54050/2022-135A) that were orbited with similar LTDN and also re-entered naturally with no significant orbit changes.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Sep 10, 03:22	6679	0.0009	295	307	90.54	96.34	285	11:30
2021 Oct 20, 03:16	6515	0.0011	130	144	87.22	96.34	297	11:24
Soyuz third stage 2021-081B 49128						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 11 Life 93 days
Launched Cosmos 2251.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 9, 22:50	6677	0.0012	291	307	90.50	96.35	275

2021-082 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 02-01) Vandenberg Space Force Base						2021 Sep 14, 03:55
Starlink 3096 2021-082B 49131						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of fifty one LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 20, 14:00	6688	0.0041	283	337	90.72	70.00	160
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-082A 49130						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 29 Life 15 days
Launched cluster of Starlinks.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 14, 04:39	6652	0.0096	210	338	89.99	70.00	158

2021-083 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Sep 14, 18:07
OneWeb 0292 2021-083A 49186						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 16, 16:00	6831	0.0018	441	466	93.65	87.40	311
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 14 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 34 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the southern Atlantic Ocean about 23:30 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-084 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Sep 16, 00:02
SpaceX Dragon Commercial Flight 1 (Dragon Resilience flight #2) 2021-084A 49220						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 18 Life 2 days Returned to Earth
Commercial flight of a Dragon 2 spacecraft carrying the first non-professional space crew of Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux and Christopher Sembroski. Splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida Sep 18 at 23:06 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 16, 06:18	6953	0.0007	570	579	96.16	51.65	327
2021 Sep 18, 09:30	6743	0.0007	360	369	91.84	51.64	283
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Sep 16 Life <1 day
Launched Dragon Inspiration 4 mission. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean a little over one hour after after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Crew Dragon trunk module 2021-084B 49248						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 8 Life 173 days
Separated from Crew Dragon Inspiration 4 on September 18, prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 20, 16:08	6743	0.0007	360	369	91.84	51.65	292

2021-203 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

2021 Sep 16, 00:02

2021-085 CZ 7 (Y-4) Wenchang Space Centre						2021 Sep 20, 07:10
Tianzhou 3 2021-085A 49222						Re-entered - 2022 Jul 27 Life 310 days
Supplies and equipment to Chinese Space Station (CSS) in advance of the Shenzhou 13 crew mission. Also carries hosted payloads consisting of a set of space science and engineering sensors operated independently of the space station mission, including a detector to scan for orbital space debris. Initial orbit was similar to 2021-085B. Docked with the rear port of Tianhe at 14:08 UTC on the day of launch. Undocked 2022 Apr 19 at 21:02 UTC, following departure of Shenzhou 13. Docked with the forward port of Tianhe Apr 20 at 01:06 UTC. Undocked 2022 Jul 17 at 02:59 UTC. Caused to re-enter above the southern Pacific Ocean 2022 Jul 27 at 03:31 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 20, 11:25	6747	0.0002	368	371	91.93	41.46	269
2021 Sep 20, 13:03	6761	0.0004	380	385	92.21	41.47	290
2022 Jul 15, 21:23	6759	0.0004	378	383	92.17	41.47	281
2022 Jul 17, 13:58	6762	0.0002	383	385	92.23	41.47	126
CZ 7 third stage 2021-085B 49223						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 4 Life 14 days
Launched Tianzhou 3.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 20, 11:23	6640	0.0095	199	325	89.75	41.45	173

2021-086 Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Sep 27, 06:19
Jilin-1 High Resolution 02D (Jilin-1 GF02D) 2021-086A 49256						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Sep 27, 09:20	6917	0.0009	532	545	95.42	97.54	274	12:39
2023 Feb 13, 12:43	6911	0.0021	519	547	95.30	97.56	349	12:39
Kuaizhou 1A third stage 2021-086B 49257						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 11 Life 14 days
Launched Jilin-1 High Resolution 02D. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 27, 10:41	6743	0.0296	166	565	91.85	97.49	82

2021-087 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Sep 27, 08:20
Shiyan 10-01 (Test 10-01) 2021-087A 49258						in space
Launch initially unacknowledged by China for more than one day and was initially declared a failure. However, 2021 Oct 14 at around 14:00 UTC and while at apogee, a thruster firing was used to raise perigee indicating that the satellite was under some degree of control. It had. the effect of counteracting the orbit decay being experienced due to air drag at 170 km. 2022 Mar 30, six months after launch, thruster firings increased the inclination to 63° and the satellite settled into a 'standard' Molniya-type HEO.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 28, 21:55	26518	0.7528	176	40104	716.28	51.08	225
2021 Oct 13, 18:07	26508	0.7530	170	40089	715.85	51.04	228
2021 Oct 15, 15:39	26566	0.7430	450	39927	718.23	51.06	228
2021 Oct 18, 15:33	26876	0.7416	567	40428	730.79	51.18	228
2021 Oct 19, 09:24	26978	0.7228	1101	40099	734.98	51.14	229
2021 Dec 14, 12:36	26976	0.7241	1064	40133	734.90	51.11	236
2022 Feb 28, 10:51	26977	0.7258	1019	40178	734.94	51.06	247
2022 Mar 31, 05:35	26743	0.6921	1856	38875	725.41	63.58	269
2022 Apr 7, 03:56	26562	0.7040	1485	38882	718.04	63.60	269
2024 Nov 17, 04:07	26559	0.6887	1889	38473	717.92	63.64	270
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-087B 49259						Re-entered - 2022 Aug 14 Life 321 days
Launched Shiyan 10. Engine firing for GTO transfer orbit was observed from several location around New South Wales, Australia at approx 08:45 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 29, 20:58	26281	0.7490	217	39588	706.66	51.37	226

2021-088 Atlas V 401 Vandenberg Space Force Base						2021 Sep 27, 18:12
Landsat 9 2021-088A 49260						in space
Collaboration between NASA and the US Geological Survey to obtain measurements of the Earth's radiation in the visible, near-infrared, short wave infrared, and thermal infrared. The data and imagery collection are to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government. Instruments are a near replication of those carried by Landsat 8 (39084/2013-008A).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Sep 28, 10:03	7057	0.0012	670	687	98.33	98.22	288	10:10
2021 Oct 24, 12:35	7065	0.0006	683	691	98.51	98.22	265	10:11
2021 Oct 27, 09:37	7070	0.0003	690	694	98.61	98.22	343	10:11
2023 Feb 13, 03:29	7081	0.0001	702	703	98.82	98.20	95	10:12
Cesium 1A 2021-088B 49261						in space
6U Cubesat - from Cesium Astro. One of a simultaneously-launched pair to act as demonstrators for satellite communication technology. Released from the launch vehicle during a five minute slot starting at 20:23 UTC. Orbit, Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 28, 20:55	6944	0.0022	551	581	95.98	97.63	249
2023 Feb 12, 22:54	6936	0.0024	541	574	95.80	97.55	360
Cesium 1B 2021-088C 49262						in space
6U Cubesat - from Cesium Astro. One of a simultaneously-launched pair to act as demonstrators for satellite communication technology. Released from the launch vehicle during a five minute slot starting at 20:23 UTC. Orbit, Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 28, 20:55	6944	0.0022	550	581	95.97	97.62	249
2023 Feb 13, 11:11	6935	0.0019	543	570	95.78	97.55	3
CUTE (Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment) 2021-088D 49263						in space
6U Cubesat - one of two satellites in NASA's ELaNa 34 group, assembled and tested at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Carries a near-ultraviolet transmission spectroscope from 255 to 330 nanometers to study the characteristics and composition of exoplanet atmospheres. Released from the launch vehicle during a five minute slot starting at 20:23 UTC. Initially identified provided by Nico Janssen from radio tracking.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 28, 20:54	6940	0.0017	550	574	95.90	97.62	245
2023 Feb 13, 03:33	6927	0.0018	536	562	95.63	97.56	328
CuPID (Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector) 2021-088E 49264						in space
6U Cubesat - one of two satellites in NASA's ELaNa 34 group, a collaboration between Boston University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Johns Hopkins University, Merrimack College, Aerospace Corporation, Drexel University, and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and supported by NASA. Carries a wide field soft X-ray telescope to measure X-rays emitted when plasma from the solar wind collides with neutral atoms in the Earth’s outer atmosphere. Released from the launch vehicle during a five minute slot starting at 20:23 UTC. Indications are that CuPID failed to activate after release from the launch vehicle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Sep 28, 20:54	6940	0.0016	551	573	95.90	97.62	253
2023 Feb 13, 03:25	6933	0.0019	541	568	95.74	97.56	325
Atlas V upper stage uncatalogued						in space
Launched Landsat 9 and a cluster of Cubesats. Caused to re-enter over mid-Pacific around 22:00 UTC and after two circuits of the Earth. De-orbit burn was observed from Europe at about 21:12 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-089 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Oct 5, 08:55
Soyuz MS-19 (Soyuz 11F732A48 № 749) 2021-089A 49269						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 30 Life 176 days Returned to Earth
Carrying crew to ISS - Anton Shkaplerov (commander), Klim Shipenko (film camera operator/director) and Yulia Peresild (film actor). Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 12:22 UTC on the day of launch, ten minutes later than planned due to a problem with the 'Kurs' rendezvous system. Soyuz twice backed away from the docking port. It was then docked under manual control by its crew. Undocked, carrying Anton Shkaplerov & Pyotr Dubrov (Roscosmos) and Mark Vande Hei (NASA), 2022 Mar 30 at 07:28 UTC. Retrofire at 10:34 UTC led to landing at 11:28 UTC near 47°.2 north, 69°.3 east - about 150 km south-east of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 5, 09:25	6589	0.0025	195	227	88.72	51.64	80
2021 Oct 5, 10:56	6798	0.0004	417	423	92.97	51.65	60
2022 Mar 29, 12:24	6796	0.0004	415	421	92.93	51.65	330
Soyuz upper stage 2021-089B 49270						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 8 Life 3 days
Launched Soyuz MS-19.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 5, 09:23	6580	0.0024	186	217	88.53	51.66	41

2021-I08 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Oct 6, 09:20
Binar 1 (Fireball) 1998-067SR 49272						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 30 Life 359 days
1U Cubesat - from Curtin University, Australia to demonstrate satellite technology and provide a store-forward messaging system for amateur radio, including use by schools.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 7, 03:59	6796	0.0006	413	421	92.92	51.64	102
Maya 3 1998-067SS 49273						Re-entered - 2022 Aug 4 Life 302 days
1U Cubesat - built under the Philippines Space Space Science and Technology Proliferation programme by the University of the Philippines Diliman (including student participation) and the DOST Advanced Science and Technology Institute. Demonstrator of systems needed for satellite-based remote data collection and optical imaging.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 7, 14:49	6796	0.0005	414	421	92.92	51.64	107

2021-I09 JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station						2021 Oct 6, 10:55
CUAVA 1 (Cubesats, UAVs and their Applications) 1998-067SU 49275						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 2 Life 331 days
3U Cubesat - carrying an imaging system, a GPS receiver, a radiation sensor and a reconfigurable computer-based payload of unknown purpose. Built by the University of Sydney's ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and Their Applications (CUAVA), it will be used for Climate and Ocean Studies. Communications problems prevented it from performing as planned.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 7, 02:26	6795	0.0006	413	422	92.92	51.65	96

2021-I10 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2021 Oct 12, 11:00
CAPSat (Cool Annealing Payload Satellite) 1998-067SV 49276						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 18 Life 341 days
3U Cubesat - from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Demonstrator satellite for Cubesat technology including self-healing sensors.. One of three satellites in NASA's ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 36 launch group.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 14, 00:44	6796	0.0007	413	423	92.93	51.64	143

2021-I11 Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station						2021 Oct 12, 12:30
PR CuNaR 2 (Puerto Rico CubeSat NanoRacks 2) 1998-067SW 49277						Re-entered - 2022 Aug 30 Life 322 days
3U Cubesat - educational and scientific collaboration between Inter-American University of Puerto Rico – Bayamon Campus, the Florida Space Institute and Department of Physics of the University of Central Florida (UCF). Designed to to study low-energy particle collisions in space. One of three satellites in NASA's ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 36 launch group. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 13, 14:50	6796	0.0006	414	422	92.93	51.64	134
SPACE HAUC (Science Program Around Communications Engineering with High-Achieving Undergraduate Cadres) 1998-067SX 49278						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 11 Life 181 days
3U Cubesat -demonstrator of the feasibility of a student-developed X-band communications system using a software defined radio and software-steerable patch aerial. Built by students from the Kennedy College of Sciences and the Francis College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts. One of three satellites in NASA's ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) 36 launch group. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 13, 14:50	6796	0.0006	414	423	92.93	51.64	130

2021-090 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome						2021 Oct 14, 09:40
OneWeb 0332 2021-090A 49279						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. Released from the Fregat stage in nine clusters of four satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 15, 18:14	6825	0.0006	443	450	93.52	87.40	257
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 14 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the eastern Pacific Ocean at around 15:00 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-091 CZ 2D Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Oct 14, 10:51
Xihe (CHASE - Chinese H-α Solar Explorer) 2021-091B 49316						in space
Solar studies satellite in sun-synchronous orbit with LTDN set to permit near-continuous observation of the Sun.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Oct 15, 12:00	6891	0.0014	504	523	94.89	97.46	260	18:00
2023 Mar 11, 02:02	6888	0.0016	499	521	94.82	97.46	306	18:01
Tianyuan 1 (Pastoral 1) 2021-091C 49318						in space
6U Cubesat from Nanjing University for testing satellite components in space including a thruster system, tests of which began around Dec 1. A Chinese infant school was reportedly involved in the design.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 15, 07:20	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.89	97.46	261
2021 Dec 2, 20:08	6891	0.0018	501	525	94.88	97.46	93
2021 Dec 15, 11:46	6892	0.0018	502	527	94.91	97.46	60
2023 Mar 11, 04:28	6876	0.0015	488	508	94.58	97.45	285
Golden Bauhinia 1-02 (Jinzijing 1-02) 2021-091xx						in space
Technology verification mission from the Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group for a future constellation of 165 LEO remote sensing satellites equipped with optical or radar imagers. This satellite is probably fitted with a radar sensor.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
Head 2E (Head 6) 2021-091xx						in space
Application satellite from Head Aerospace in the Skywalker constellation, carrying a VDES, enhanced AIS receiver for ship-shore communications, and providing communications between internet-connected devices.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
Head 2F (Head 7) 2021-091xx						in space
Application satellite from Head Aerospace in the Skywalker constellation, carrying a VDES, enhanced AIS receiver for ship-shore communications, and providing communications between internet-connected devices.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
MD-1 (Atmospheric Density Measuring Satellite) 2021-091xx						in space
Small satellite from Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co measuring atmospheric density in LEO.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
QX-1 (Meteorological Survey Constellation Test Satellite) 2021-091xx						in space
Demonstrator mission for meteorological sensors to be used in a future LEO constellation of weather satellites that will use occultation of Navsat signals to measure and detect weather conditions.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
SSS 1 (Student Small Satellite 1) 2021-091xx						in space
Small satellite from an international group led by Beihang University and used to train students from Iran and Pakistan in satellite engineering. Carries a radiation detector, a receiver for ADS-B messages from aircraft in flight, a remote-sensing camera and an experimental satellite-satellite comms system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
SSS 2A (Student Small Satellite 2A) 2021-091xx						in space
3U Cubesat from an international group led by Shanghai Jiaotong University and used to train students from Pakistan in satellite engineering. Payload includes a remote sensing camera.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
Tianshu 1 2021-091xx						in space
Small satellite testing equipment to enhance precision for users of the Beidou Navigation system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
Traffic VDES 2021-091xx						in space
Small satellite testing VDES (VHF Data Exchange System), a follow-on to AIS (Automatic Identification System) for tracking ships at sea and carrying short messages to/from them.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6891	0.0014	503	523	94.88	97.46	266
CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued						in space
Launched Xinhe/CHASE and ten small payloads. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellites.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-092 CZ 2F Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Oct 15, 16:23
Shenzhou 13 2021-092A 49326						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 16 Life 183 days Returned to Earth
Carried crew of Zhai Zhigang (commander), Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu (the backup crew from Shenzhou 12) to CSS (Chinese Space Station). Docked with the downward-facing port of the Tianhe module at 22:48 UTC with hooks and latches closed at 22:56 UTC. Initial orbit was similar to the rocket stage. The inclination of the first orbit listed may be an error. Undocked, carrying its crew, 2022 Apr 15 at 16:44 UTC. Its orbital module was released Apr 16 at 01:06 UTC and retro-fire occurred shortly after, leading to a landing in Inner Mongolia at 01:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 15, 22:29	6710	0.0006	328	335	91.17	42.41	158
2021 Oct 16, 04:14	6762	0.0002	382	385	92.22	41.47	251
2022 Apr 15, 10:07	6755	0.0007	372	381	92.09	41.47	347
2022 Apr 15, 19:42	6751	0.0006	369	377	92.01	41.48	9
CZ 2F third stage 2021-092B 49327						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 1 Life 17 days
Launched Shenzhou 13.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 15, 23:49	6646	0.0105	198	338	89.87	41.46	125
Shenzhou 13 Orbital Module 2021-092C 52260						Re-entered - 2023 Mar 8 Life 509 days
Released from Shenzhou 13 2022 Apr 15, 01:06 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Apr 20, 17:06	6752	0.0007	369	379	92.03	41.48	65

2021-093 Atlas V 401 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Oct 16, 09:34
Lucy 2021-093A 49328						in space
Asteroid exploration - will fly-by main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson in 2025, and seven Trojan asteroids (located near two of Jupiter's Lagrange points) starting in 2027. Released from launch vehicle about 60 minutes after lift-off.
Heliocentric orbit
Atlas upper stage 2021-093B 49329						in space
Launched Lucy.
Heliocentric orbit

2021-F08 - failed to reach orbit KSLV-II (Nuri) Naro Space Centre, South Korea						2021 Oct 21, 08:00
Dummy payload
Launched on test mission of KSLV-II rocket. Lost when the launch vehicle upper stage shut down early and failed to attain orbital velocity.

2021-094 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Oct 24, 01:27
Shijian 21 payload 1 (Practice 21) 2021-094A 49330						in space
Test satellite described as "…demonstrating technologies to alleviate and neutralize space debris". Until 2021 Dec 26, orbited alongside 2021-094C which it approached closely on several occasions.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Oct 24, 05:50	24399	0.7293	226	35815	632.14	28.47	180
2021 Nov 2, 17:15	42246	0.0002	35860	35875	1440.23	8.11	39
2021 Dec 16, 15:11	42313	0.0012	35885	35986	1443.70	8.19	209
2021 Dec 23, 13:33	42313	0.0012	35885	35986	1443.70	8.20	210
2021 Dec 24, 10:17	42466	0.0006	36064	36111	1451.50	8.20	161
2021 Dec 27, 02:54	42136	0.0101	35334	36182	1434.64	8.20	238	90°.4 E
2022 Jan 10, 18:00	42165	0.0094	35390	36184	1436.11	8.23	238	95°.1 E
2022 Jan 17, 20:53	42084	0.0114	35227	36185	1431.99	8.24	239	95°.2 E
2022 Jan 25, 04:53	43860	0.0320	36076	38887	1523.55	8.19	249
2022 Jan 27, 07:38	42127	0.0109	35289	36210	1434.19	8.20	10	13°.6 E
2022 May 1, 20:38	42116	0.0111	35272	36205	1433.63	8.37	13	65°.7 E
2022 Aug 1, 22:39	42123	0.0110	35280	36210	1433.98	8.53	16	120°.2 E
2022 Nov 1, 20:55	42131	0.0109	35296	36210	1434.37	8.71	18	163°.3 E
2022 Nov 2, 14:36	42196	0.0093	35424	36211	1437.69	8.71	20	163°.2 E
2023 Jan 18, 21:21	42206	0.0095	35428	36227	1438.20	8.85	21	129°.5 E
2023 Apr 1, 16:45	42218	0.0096	35434	36246	1438.81	8.98	22	85°.6 E
2023 Jul 1, 08:15	42209	0.0097	35422	36241	1438.38	9.15	25	26°.6 E
2023 Oct 1, 22:20	42133	0.0079	35421	36090	1434.50	9.32	28	49°.1 E
2024 Jan 1, 14:09	42131	0.0078	35422	36083	1434.35	9.50	29	89°.4 E
2024 Apr 1, 18:08	42143	0.0080	35427	36103	1434.98	9.67	30	122°.7 E
2024 Oct 1, 21:16	42161	0.0078	35455	36111	1435.92	10.01	36	148°.9 E
2025 Jan 1, 18:09	42167	0.0077	35466	36112	1436.22	10.18	37	149°.3 E
2025 Mar 5, 18:28	42172	0.0077	35468	36118	1436.44	10.30	38	145°.6 E
2025 Mar 27, 20:33	42173	0.0078	35467	36123	1436.54	10.35	39	143°.5 E
Shijian 21 payload 2 (Practice 21) 2021-094C 49382						in space
Secondary object in the Shijian 21 mission. Separated from Shijian 21 on Nov 1, probably around 15:00 UTC. On November 3, Space-Track gave it the name 'SJ-21 AKM' and classified it as a rocket body - the interpretation may be incorrect as it made small orbital changes about eight weeks after launch suggesting it was active at the time.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Nov 2, 17:33	42246	0.0002	35860	35876	1440.26	8.12	27
2021 Dec 15, 03:33	42264	0.0001	35880	35892	1441.18	8.19	292
2021 Dec 20, 18:26	42314	0.0012	35887	35985	1443.73	8.20	209
2021 Dec 24, 16:26	42467	0.0005	36066	36111	1451.56	7.48	143
2023 Jan 19, 05:40	42465	0.0007	36059	36115	1451.48	8.92	171
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-094B 49331						in space
Launched Shijian 21.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 24, 04:07	24059	0.7239	265	35096	618.97	28.49	180

2021-095 Ariane 5ECA (VA-255) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Oct 24, 02:10
SES 17 2021-095A 49332						in space
Comsat serving North America, South America, Latin America and the Caribbean and providing high speed connections to government, VSAT and maritime customers. Separated from launch vehicle at 02:48 UTC. Orbit raising uses electric propulsion and it will take the satellite to its operational orbit by mid-2022. Expected location 67°.1 west.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Oct 24, 16:32	24146	0.7254	252	35285	622.35	5.95	167
2021 Nov 1, 06:14	24644	0.7141	668	35864	641.70	5.90	173
2021 Dec 3, 03:47	27852	0.6324	3860	39087	770.97	5.23	183
2022 Jan 3, 16:59	32348	0.5407	8481	43459	965.00	3.65	188
2022 Feb 1, 17:18	35615	0.4092	14664	43808	1114.81	2.44	190
2022 Mar 1, 13:23	39587	0.2797	22135	44283	1306.42	1.47	193
2022 Apr 5, 07:12	41511	0.1148	30368	39897	1402.82	0.56	192
2022 May 2, 19:12	42163	0.0000	35783	35787	1435.99	0.02	213	67°.2 W
Syracuse 4A (SYstème de RAdioCommunication Utilisant un SatellitE) 2021-095B 49333						in space
French government military secure-communications satellites for use by land-based, maritime and airborne forces. Separated from launch vehicle at 02:49 UTC. Orbit raising uses electric propulsion and it will take the satellite to its operational orbit by mid-2022.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Oct 24, 15:08	24131	0.7254	250	35257	621.77	5.95	167
2021 Nov 1, 05:28	24509	0.7184	523	35739	636.42	5.92	173
2021 Dec 2, 18:52	27516	0.6530	3171	39106	757.09	5.48	188
2022 Jan 24, 09:25	34619	0.5365	9666	46815	1068.40	3.25	195
2022 Mar 3, 19:12	38682	0.3667	18119	46487	1261.87	1.88	205
2022 Apr 3, 12:00	40880	0.2118	25844	43160	1370.96	0.99	207
2022 May 2, 14:24	42029	0.0420	33885	37417	1429.16	0.28	201	40°.1 E
2022 May 25, 13:16	42165	0.0001	35783	35790	1436.09	0.02	77	45°.5 E
Ariane 5 upper stage 2021-095D 49335						in space
Launched SES 17 and Syracuse 4A.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 27, 09:23	24042	0.7248	238	35089	618.31	5.77	167

2021-096 H-IIA 202 (F-44) Tanegashima Space Centre						2021 Oct 26, 02:19
Michibiki 1R (QZSS 1R) 2021-096A 49336						in space
Quasi Zenith Satellite System satellite providing a timing and positioning service to improve navigational accuracy for users in Japan from a combination of equatorial GEO and inclined GEO, giving coverage to areas where the topography works against GPS reception. “Michibiki" translates into English as "Showing the Way". Precise launch time 02:19:37 UTC. Separated from launch vehicle at 02:48:05 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Oct 26, 08:27	24498	0.7301	235	36005	636.01	31.93	180
2021 Oct 29, 11:32	40515	0.0436	32369	35905	1352.65	34.00	178
2021 Oct 31, 11:42	42146	0.0008	35735	35801	1435.14	34.01	261	158°.3 E
H-IIA upper stage 2021-096B 49337						in space
Launched Michibiki 5.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 27, 04:57	24325	0.7285	227	35668	629.29	31.91	180

2021-097 Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Oct 27, 06:19
Jilin-1 High Resolution 02F (Jilin-1 GF02F) 2021-097A 49338						in space
Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Oct 27, 12:35	6918	0.0010	533	547	95.44	97.54	257	12:39
2023 Feb 13, 12:46	6908	0.0012	522	539	95.24	97.56	72	12:40
Kuaizhou 1A third stage 2021-097B 49339						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 30 Life 3 days
Launched Jilin-1 High Resolution 02F. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 27, 12:28	6716	0.0316	126	550	91.30	97.57	77

2021-098 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Oct 28, 00:00
Progress MS-18 (Progress 7K-MS №447) 2021-098A 49379						Re-entered - 2022 Jun 1 Life 216 days
Supplies and equipment to ISS. Docked with the rear port of the Zvezda module Oct 30 at 01:35:19 UTC. Undocked 2022 Jun 1, 08:03 UTC. Retro-fire at 11:11 UTC led to re-entry. Any unburnt debris hit the surface of the southern Pacific Ocean at 11:51 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 28, 00:31	6606	0.0038	203	252	89.05	51.67	133
2021 Oct 28, 10:28	6700	0.0006	317	326	90.96	51.64	77
2021 Oct 29, 04:29	6702	0.0004	321	326	91.00	51.65	28
2021 Oct 30, 13:28	6798	0.0004	417	423	92.97	51.65	156
2022 May 31, 06:00	6795	0.0005	414	421	92.92	51.64	177
Soyuz upper stage 2021-098B 49380						Re-entered - 2021 Oct 30 Life 2 days
Launched Progress MS-18.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Oct 28, 00:29	6586	0.0028	189	227	88.65	51.63	84

2021-099 CZ 2C + YZ-1S Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Nov 3, 07:43
Yaogan 32-02A 2021-099A 49383						in space
Mission described as remote sensing and "...electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests". Probably electronic or signals intelligence gathering for the Chinese military or government. One of a pair of satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Originally planned for launch Sep 13 but called off during countdown.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 3, 12:23	7074	0.0010	689	703	98.69	98.09	229	13:59
2023 Feb 13, 11:19	7072	0.0002	693	695	98.64	98.14	87	13:46
Yaogan 32-02B 2021-099B 49384						in space
Mission described as remote sensing and "...electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests". Probably electronic or signals intelligence gathering for the Chinese military or government. One of a pair of satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Originally planned for launch Sep 13 but called off during countdown.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 3, 10:48	7074	0.0010	689	703	98.69	98.09	241	13:59
2023 Feb 13, 11:19	7072	0.0001	693	695	98.64	98.14	92	13:46
YZ-1S rocket stage 2021-099D 49386						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 19 Life 46 days
Launched Yaogan 32-02 satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 3, 13:56	6813	0.0367	185	685	93.28	98.11	51

2021-100 CZ 6 (Y-8) Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Nov 5, 02:19
Guangmu Earth Sciences Satellite 2021-100A 49387						in space
Satellite from the Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center to gather data on environmental changes brought about by human activity.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 5, 11:47	6886	0.0009	502	514	94.78	97.50	270	09:30
2023 Feb 13, 12:27	6884	0.0008	500	511	94.74	97.43	59	09:37
CZ 6 third stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 5 Life <1 day
Launched Guangmu Earth Science Satellite. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellite.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-101 CZ 2D Xichang Space Centre						2021 Nov 6, 03:00
Yaogan 35-01 Follower 1 2021-101A 49390						in space
Chinese government or military remote sensing reconnaissance satellite. One of three similar satellites carried on the same launch vehicle and orbiting in formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 6, 15:15	6874	0.0005	493	499	94.53	35.00	315
2021 Nov 12, 13:20	6875	0.0003	495	499	94.55	35.00	27
2021 Dec 18, 05:13	6874	0.0005	493	500	94.54	34.99	346
2023 Feb 15, 09:01	6872	0.0009	487	500	94.48	35.00	211
Yaogan 35-01 Leader 2021-101B 49391						in space
Chinese government or military remote sensing reconnaissance satellite. One of three similar satellites carried on the same launch vehicle and orbiting in formation. Separated from the Group 2023 May 27 and started to fall back. Passed with 10 km of Yaogan 36 Group 1 (2022-120), orbiting in the same plane, on June 5.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 6, 18:50	6873	0.0005	491	499	94.52	35.00	330
2021 Nov 12, 13:18	6875	0.0004	494	499	94.55	35.00	4
2021 Dec 18, 04:21	6875	0.0004	493	499	94.54	34.99	333
2023 Feb 15, 08:57	6872	0.0007	489	498	94.49	35.00	122
2023 May 27, 02:15	6869	0.0006	486	494	94.42	35.00	253
2023 May 27, 05:24	6871	0.0004	491	496	94.48	35.00	298
2023 May 28, 06:34	6877	0.0007	494	504	94.59	35.00	16
2023 May 29, 03:02	6880	0.0005	498	505	94.65	35.00	43
Yaogan 35-01 Follower 2 2021-101D 49393						in space
Chinese government or military remote sensing reconnaissance satellite. One of three similar satellites carried on the same launch vehicle and orbiting in formation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 7, 01:18	6875	0.0003	495	499	94.55	35.00	326
2021 Dec 17, 19:39	6875	0.0003	494	499	94.54	34.99	324
2023 Feb 15, 09:02	6872	0.0001	493	495	94.49	35.00	305
CZ 2D second stage 2021-101C 49392						Re-entered - 2023 Apr 7 Life 517 days
Launched Yaogan 35 group 1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 6, 15:17	6875	0.0004	494	499	94.55	34.99	308

2021-102 Epsilon Uchinoura Space Center, Japan						2021 Nov 8, 00:55
ASTERISC (Advanced Satellite Towards Exploration of Dust Environment with in situ Cosmic dust sensor) 2021-102A 49395						Re-entered - 2025 Jan 25 Life 1174 days
3U Cubesat from the Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan. Equipped with a thin film sensor to observe cosmis dust and very small items of space debris.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 19:31	6946	0.0010	561	575	96.02	97.55	261
2023 Feb 13, 02:18	6931	0.0017	541	564	95.70	97.51	117
TeikyoSat 4 (Ooruri) 2021-102B 49396						in space
Small satellite from Teikyo University, Japan to demonstrate the satellite design. Carries an experiment to study microgravity acting on slime mould. Also carries an amateur radio payload. Initial identification by amateur observers from radio tracking.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 19:31	6944	0.0011	558	574	95.98	97.57	269
2023 Feb 13, 03:31	6940	0.0015	552	573	95.90	97.54	154
RAISE 2 (Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite 2) 2021-102C 49397						in space
Small satellite carrying six separate packages of equipment as demonstrators for future satellite buiding technology.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 10, 01:55	6943	0.0012	557	573	95.96	97.57	260	09:36
2023 Feb 13, 10:56	6938	0.0013	551	569	95.85	97.49	163	09:06
NanoDragon 2021-102D 49398						in space
3U Cubesat from Vietnam's National Space Center. Equipped with an AIS receiver to relay positional data and short messages from ships at sea.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 22:42	6941	0.0015	553	573	95.92	97.56	254
Z-Sat 2021-102E 49399						in space
Small satellite from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries demonstrating infrared imaging as a means of monitoring activity on the Earth's surface. Also carries an amateur radio payload. Initial identification by amateur observers from radio tracking.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 10, 03:29	6939	0.0017	549	573	95.87	97.56	281
2023 Feb 13, 13:33	6934	0.0023	539	572	95.76	97.51	129
Hibari (Skylark) 2021-102F 49400						in space
Small demonstrator satellite from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, equipped with movable 'paddles' acting against air drag to control satellite attitude and orientation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 22:41	6939	0.0018	548	573	95.86	97.56	247
DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Microsatellite) 2021-102G 49401						in space
Small satellite from Kawasaki Heavy Industries demonstrating a camera system and an extensible boom to allow observation and contact with space debris. Included two small sub-satellites to be released and act as rendezvous/capture targets.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 22:41	6938	0.0018	547	572	95.85	97.57	246
2023 Feb 14, 20:21	6932	0.0022	539	570	95.74	97.50	119
2024 Feb 12, 16:44	6923	0.0019	531	558	95.53	97.45	323
DRUMS Target 1 (Debris Removal Unprecedented Microsatellite) 2021-102M 55685						Re-entered - 2024 Nov 5 Life 1093 days
Target planned to be released from DRUMS (55685/2021-102G) 2023 Feb 10 but Delayed to Feb 14 when it was released around noon, UTC. DRUMS will attempt to approach and make physical contact with it.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2023 Feb 18, 09:24	6932	0.0020	539	568	95.72	97.50	98
DRUMS Target 2 (Debris Removal Unprecedented Microsatellite) 2021-102N 58954						Re-entered - 2025 Apr 15 Life 1254 days
Target released from DRUMS (55685/2021-102G) late December 2023 or early January 2024. First reported by Space-Track 6-8 weeks later.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2024 Feb 12, 16:19	6919	0.0019	528	554	95.46	97.45	322
KOSEN 1 2021-102H 49402						in space
2U Cubesat from Japan's National Institute of Technologies (KOSEN) to test deployment of a radio aerial designed to receive radio emissions from Jupiter. Initial identification by amateur observers from radio tracking.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 22:41	6936	0.0021	544	573	95.82	97.56	245
2023 Feb 13, 02:31	6929	0.0022	536	567	95.67	97.50	121
Arica (AGU Remote Innovative Cubesat Alert system) 2021-102J 49403						in space
1U Cubesat from Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. Equipped with a radio system capable of relaying data via other satellites, such as Globalstar and Iridium, of alerts from its onboard gamma-ray burst detector.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 9, 22:41	6936	0.0021	544	573	95.82	97.56	243
Epsilon upper stage 2021-102L 49405						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 20 Life 73 days
Launched RAISE 2 and eight smaller satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 10, 02:35	6773	0.0252	224	566	92.45	97.69	145

2021-103 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Nov 11, 02:03
SpaceX Dragon Crew 3 (Dragon Endurance flight #1) 2021-103A 49407						Re-entered - 2022 May 6 Life 176 days Returned to Earth
Crew flight to ISS provided by SpaceX under contract to NASA. Crew members - Raja Chari (NASA), Tom Marshburn (NASA), Kayla Barron (NASA and Matthias Maurer (ESA). Docked with the forward-facing hatch of the ISS Harmony Module Nov 11 at 23:32 UTC. Undocked, carrying original crew 2022 May 5 at 05:20 UTC. Retro-fire May 6 at 03:53 UTC led to splashdown in Gulf of Mexico near Florida at 04:43 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 11, 03:46	6580	0.0017	191	213	88.53	51.64	9
2021 Nov 11, 05:23	6645	0.0083	212	321	89.84	51.65	224
2021 Nov 11, 14:31	6789	0.0016	399	421	92.78	51.65	200
2021 Nov 12, 12:26	6799	0.0004	418	424	92.99	51.64	183
2022 May 5, 06:02	6795	0.0003	415	419	92.91	51.64	88
2022 May 5, 09:03	6689	0.0145	214	408	90.75	51.63	57
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 11 Life <1 day
Launched Dragon Crew 3. Caused to re- enter above the Indian Ocean about 45 mins after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Crew Dragon trunk module 2021-103B 52508						Re-entered - 2022 May 21 Life 191 days
Separated from Dragon Crew 3 2022 May 6 prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 May 8, 14:23	6680	0.0137	210	394	90.56	51.33	71

2021-104 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 04-01) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Nov 13, 12:19
Starlink 3151 2021-104A 49408						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of fifty three LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Separated from the launch vehicle at 12:34 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 17, 16:00	6666	0.0063	246	330	90.27	53.22	57
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 13 Life <1 day
Launched fifty three Starlink satellites. Caused to re-enter obove the Pacific Ocean about forty minutes, 0.5 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-105 Vega (VV-20) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Nov 16, 09:27
CERES 1 (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) 2021-105A 49464						in space
French military electronic intelligence-gathering satellite. One of three launched simultaneously to fly in formation. Released from the launch vehicle at 10:24 UTC. Initial orbit from Space-Track, any subsequent ones are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 16, 16:00	7051	0.0000	672	673	98.20	75.00	266
2021 Nov 22, 08:15	7051	0.0000	672	673	98.20	75.00	252
2023 Jul 26, 00:14	7048	0.0000	670	670	98.15	75.00	139
CERES 2 (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) 2021-105B 49465						in space
French military electronic intelligence-gathering satellite. One of three launched simultaneously to fly in formation. Released from the launch vehicle at 10:24 UTC. Initial orbit from Space-Track, any subsequent ones are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 16, 16:00	7051	0.0000	672	673	98.20	75.00	179
2021 Nov 22, 08:15	7051	0.0000	672	673	98.20	75.00	258
2023 Jul 26, 00:14	7048	0.0002	669	671	98.15	75.01	98
CERES 3 (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) 2021-105C 49466						in space
French military electronic intelligence-gathering satellite. One of three launched simultaneously to fly in formation. Released from the launch vehicle at 10:24 UTC. Initial orbit from Space-Track, any subsequent ones are based on amateur observation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 16, 16:00	7050	0.0001	672	673	98.19	75.00	320
2021 Nov 25, 08:18	7050	0.0001	672	673	98.19	75.00	250
2023 Jul 26, 00:14	7048	0.0002	669	672	98.15	75.00	200
Vega upper stage (AVUM) 2021-105D 49467						in space
Launched triplet of French military CERES satellites. Orbit lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 16, 15:54	6923	0.0143	447	644	95.55	74.96	215

2021-106 Electron (It's a Little Chile Up Here) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 Nov 18, 01:38
BlackSky 14 (Global 14) 2021-106A 49469						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Separated from kick stage at 02:32 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 18, 05:30	6812	0.0008	428	439	93.25	42.02	275
BlackSky 15 (Global 15) 2021-106B 49470						Re-entered - 2024 Sep 20 Life 1037 days
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Separated from kick stage at 02:32 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 18, 05:35	6811	0.0009	426	439	93.23	42.02	272
Electron second stage 2021-106D 49472						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 30 Life 12 days
Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 18, 03:53	6695	0.0179	197	437	90.87	42.02	256
Electron third stage (kick stage) 2021-106E 49473						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 22 Life 4 days
Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 18, 14:50	6673	0.0184	172	418	90.42	42.01	77

2021-107 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Nov 20, 01:51
Gaofen 11-03 2021-107A 49492						in space
Chinese remote sensing imaging satellite operating at optical wavelengths. Initially operating in elliptical orbit with low perigee. A series of thruster firings commencing 2022 Apr 12 circularised its orbit to start phase 2 of its mission.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 20, 06:19	6849	0.0328	246	696	94.02	97.45	171	09:00
2022 Mar 5, 05:52	6786	0.0254	235	580	92.71	97.44	151	09:15
2022 Apr 12, 12:38	6734	0.0190	228	484	91.65	97.42	9	09:25
2022 Apr 12, 15:44	6737	0.0195	228	490	91.73	97.42	10	09:25
2022 Apr 13, 14:53	6794	0.0193	285	547	92.88	97.42	6	09:25
2022 Apr 14, 01:31	6826	0.0069	400	494	93.53	97.42	359	09:25
2022 Apr 14, 19:05	6868	0.0009	484	496	94.41	97.44	13	09:25
2023 Mar 21, 10:55	6872	0.0007	489	499	94.50	97.38	133	09:28
CZ 4B third stage 2021-107B 49493						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 26 Life 67 days
Launched Gaofen 11-03. Orbit lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 20, 03:14	6739	0.0229	207	515	91.76	97.40	146

2021-108 Rocket 3.3 (Astra LV0007) Kodiak Launch Centre, Alaska						2021 Nov 20, 06:16
Rocket 3.3 upper stage 2021-108A 49494						Re-entered - 2023 May 14 Life 540 days
Carries Space Test Program STP-27AD2 instrument cluster to measure and report characteristics of the flight into orbit. Package remains intentionally attached to the rocket stage.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 20, 07:51	6851	0.0050	438	507	94.05	86.01	289

2021-109 CZ 4C Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Nov 22, 23:45
Gaofen 3-02 2021-109A 49495						in space
Earth imaging satellite equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar with resolution of 1m. Sun-synchronous orbit plane matched to Gaofen 3-01 (2016-049A). The two satellites will work together observing targets mainly on the Earth's sea/ocean surface.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 23, 04:11	7120	0.0006	738	745	99.64	98.42	238	06:00
2021 Nov 24, 15:05	7123	0.0003	743	747	99.71	98.41	227	06:00
2022 Apr 7, 02:40	7129	0.0001	750	752	99.85	98.42	87	06:00
2023 Feb 13, 07:30	7129	0.0001	751	752	99.85	98.41	84	06:01
2023 Feb 13, 10:50	7129	0.0001	751	752	99.85	98.41	87	06:01
CZ 4C third stage 2021-109C 49496						in space
Launched Gaofen 3-02. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 23, 02:53	7033	0.0125	567	743	97.83	98.38	50

2021-110 Falcon 9 Block 5 Vandenberg Space Force Base						2021 Nov 24, 01:21
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) 2021-110A 49497						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 26 Life 306 days
NASA mission to rendezvous with asteroid 65803 (Didymos) 2022 September. DART will impact Dimorphos, the moonlet of Didymos, in order to change its trajectory in a demonstration of an asteroid deflection technique. Carries Licia, a 6U Cubesat, that will be released 10 days before impact in order to observe the event.
Heliocentric orbit
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-110B 49498						in space
Launched DART.
Heliocentric orbit

2021-111 Soyuz-2.1b Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Nov 24, 13:06
Progress M-UM (Progress 7K-MS №448) 2021-111A 49499						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 23 Life 29 days
Modified version of Progress re-supply vehicle carrying Prichal airlock node for attachment to Nauka module of ISS. Prichal also carries supplies for the ISS. Docked with Nauka Nov 26 at 15:19 UTC. Hooks and latches were engaged about 6 minutes later.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 24, 17:43	6715	0.0021	323	351	91.27	51.64	305
2021 Nov 24, 20:49	6717	0.0023	323	354	91.30	51.64	315
2021 Nov 25, 20:44	6719	0.0028	322	359	91.34	51.64	321
2021 Nov 26, 12:37	6799	0.0004	418	424	92.98	51.64	279
Soyuz upper stage 2021-111B 49500						Re-entered - 2021 Nov 26 Life 2 days
Launched Progress M-UM.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 24, 17:40	6571	0.0021	179	207	88.35	51.64	20

2021-112 Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Nov 24, 23:41
Shiyan 11 (Test 11) 2021-112A 49501						in space
Small satellite for Chinese government or military with an undisclosed test or demonstration mission. Payload includes an Earth imaging system.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Nov 25, 06:04	6874	0.0010	489	502	94.53	97.45	265	06:01
2023 Feb 13, 12:07	6861	0.0012	475	491	94.27	97.45	131	06:18
Kuaizhou 1A third stage 2021-112B 49502						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 22 Life 28 days
Launched Shiyan 11. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 25, 05:59	6870	0.0498	150	834	94.45	97.52	340

2021-113 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2021 Nov 25, 01:09
Cosmos 2552 (EKS 5/Tundra 15L) 2021-113A 49503						in space
Missile early warning satellite capable of tracking missiles and other heat sources in the Earth's atmosphere and in space. May also carry a strategic communications system for use by the Russian Military. Separated from launch vehicle at about 08:00 UTC after an engine firing at first apogee raised perigee from its original 200 km.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 26, 15:33	26452	0.6974	1626	38522	713.60	63.81	270
2021 Dec 2, 16:48	26524	0.6978	1638	38654	716.51	63.80	270
2021 Dec 5, 12:31	26549	0.6986	1625	38718	717.53	63.78	270
Fregat rocket stage 2021-113B 49504						in space
Launched Cosmos 2552/EKS 5.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 27, 13:56	26469	0.6969	1645	38538	714.29	63.81	270

2021-114 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Nov 26, 16:40
Zhongxing 1D (Chinasat 1D) 2021-114A 49505						in space
Communications satellite described as carrying high-quality voice, data and radio and TV transmissions. Probably for government/military services. Entered GEO Drift Orbit Nov 27.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Nov 27, 04:30	24384	0.7310	182	35831	631.57	27.08	180
2021 Dec 7, 20:54	42165	0.0001	35781	35792	1436.10	1.95	229	130°.2 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-114B 49506						Re-entered - 2023 May 10 Life 530 days
Launched Zhongxing 1D. Orbit lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Nov 26, 20:05	23643	0.7242	143	34386	602.99	27.06	179

2021-115 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 04-03) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Dec 2, 23:12
Starlink 3219 2021-115A 49724						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of forty eight LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Released from launch vehicle Dec 3 at 00:41 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 8, 12:00	6816	0.0005	435	441	93.34	53.22	270
BlackSky 12 (Global 12) 2021-115BA 49772						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Released from launch vehicle Dec 3 at 00:15 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 7, 13:23	6811	0.0012	425	442	93.24	53.22	306
BlackSky 13 (Global 13) 2021-115BB 49773						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Released from launch vehicle Dec 3 at 00:21 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 7, 13:22	6811	0.0012	425	441	93.24	53.22	307
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 2 Life <1 day
Launched two BlackSky and forty eight Starlink satellites. Caused to re-enter obove the Indian Ocean about 2.5 hours, 1.5 circuits after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-116 Soyuz ST-B + Fregat-MT (VS-26) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Dec 5, 00:19
Galileo 27 (Nikolina, Galileo FOC FM-23) 2021-116A 49809						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Also carries a COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue receiver to detect distress signals from the Earth's surface. Precise launch time 00:19:20 UTC. Separated from the launch vehicle at 04:11 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 6, 13:33	29940	0.0011	23528	23596	859.30	57.10	235
2021 Dec 15, 18:47	29828	0.0023	23381	23519	854.47	57.11	82
Galileo 28 (Shriya, Galileo FOC FM-24) 2021-116B 49810						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capacity) satellites for the European Space Agency navigation system. Also carries a COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue receiver to detect distress signals from the Earth's surface. Precise launch time 00:19:20 UTC. Separated from the launch vehicle at 04:11 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 5, 10:31	29937	0.0007	23538	23580	859.17	57.08	248
2021 Dec 21, 14:07	29712	0.0007	23312	23356	849.49	57.09	19
Fregat rocket stage 2021-116C 49811						in space
Launched Galileo 27 and Galileo 28. The Soyuz third stage was sub-orbital. The first orbit listed is the transfer orbit while the satellites were still attached.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 5, 00:24	18268	0.6349	292	23487	409.53	56.23	59
2021 Dec 6, 00:51	29928	0.0004	23539	23560	858.76	57.10	331

2021-117 Ceres 1 (Gushenxing 1 Y-2) Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Dec 7, 04:12
Golden Bauhinia 1-03 (Jinzijing 1-03) 2021-117B 49813						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 14 Life 799 days
Technology verification mission from the Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group for a future constellation of 165 LEO remote sensing satellites equipped with optical and radar imagers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2023 Feb 13, 12:58	6842	0.0010	457	470	93.86	97.36	192	10:39
Lize 1 2021-117D 49815						Re-entered - 2023 Aug 1 Life 602 days
Test of a new standardised satellite platform from Zhong Guancun Ruichen Satellite Innovation Application Research Institute and Beijing Yingshi Ruida Technology Company. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 7, 23:02	6871	0.0013	484	501	94.47	97.41	308
2022 Jan 24, 20:57	6870	0.0017	479	503	94.44	97.40	119
2022 Jan 26, 12:20	6870	0.0017	480	504	94.45	97.40	114
2022 Jan 29, 12:52	6874	0.0014	486	505	94.53	97.40	102
2022 Feb 14, 04:02	6881	0.0002	501	504	94.68	97.40	89
2023 Feb 13, 11:46	6813	0.0010	429	442	93.29	97.36	200
Golden Bauhinia 1-04 (Jinzijing 1-04) 2021-117E 49816						Re-entered - 2023 May 15 Life 524 days
Satellite from the Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group, possibly the first in a constellation of 165 LEO remote sensing satellites equipped with optical and radar imagers.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2023 Feb 13, 10:54	6796	0.0011	411	426	92.94	97.36	203	10:53
Baojian 2021-117xx						in space
Test satellite from the Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute Company for computing and communications systems for a future satellite constellation. Also carries a navsat signals occultation experiment for weather studies from the Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology Company, a navigation system and an Earth imaging camera based on a commercial product from Xiaomi.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6869	0.0012	483	499	94.43	97.39	286
Tianjin University 1 2021-117xx						in space
Small satellite from Tianjin University equipped with an infrared imager, possibly for astronomy.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
estimated orbit	6869	0.0012	483	499	94.43	97.39	286
Ceres 1 fourth stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 7 Life <1 day
Launched a group of five small satellites. Caused to re-enter shortly after releasing satellites.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-118 Atlas V 551 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Dec 7, 10:19
STPSat 6 (Space Test Program Satellite) 2021-118A 49817						in space
One of two satellites carried on the STP-3 mission. Built by Northrop Grumman - carries the Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System 3 (SABRS-3) for the National Nuclear Security Administration, NASA’s Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) test payload for the next generation of data relay satellites, and several Department of Defense Space Experiments Review Board space weather and situational awareness payloads. Separated from launch vehicle at 16:49 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 8, 17:44	42482	0.0002	36096	36112	1452.34	0.07	251
2021 Dec 14, 10:20	42311	0.0019	35853	36012	1443.57	0.02	121
2021 Dec 16, 07:03	42308	0.0014	35870	35989	1443.40	0.02	148
2021 Dec 17, 16:03	42222	0.0005	35824	35864	1439.04	0.02	251	110°.9 W
2021 Dec 19, 11:19	42165	0.0001	35784	35790	1436.10	0.02	353	111°.6 W
2024 Jun 4, 11:11	42165	0.0000	35785	35788	1436.09	0.04	278	111°.6 W
2025 Jan 19, 20:56	42165	0.0002	35777	35796	1436.09	0.04	60	111°.7 W
LDPE 1 (Long Duration Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter) 2021-118B 49818						in space
One of two satellites carried on the STP-3 mission. Payload platform built by Northrop Grumman. Some of its payloads are from the US Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center "intended for rapid risk reduction efforts to inform future programs". Four of its payloads are from the US Air Force Research Laboratory, including the 'Ascent' Cubesat that it released 2022 Jan 25. Separated from launch vehicle at 17:29 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 8, 17:45	42484	0.0004	36087	36125	1452.45	0.07	14
2021 Dec 14, 13:09	42509	0.0005	36112	36150	1453.71	0.05	339
2021 Dec 15, 16:15	42441	0.0019	35984	36141	1450.21	0.02	5
2021 Dec 16, 10:28	42357	0.0004	35963	35996	1445.95	0.01	293
2022 Jan 1, 14:18	42355	0.0004	35960	35994	1445.85	0.06	352
2022 Jan 17, 20:05	42354	0.0003	35961	35990	1445.76	0.09	18
2022 Jan 25, 16:48	41899	0.0001	35518	35523	1422.53	0.12	347
Ascent 2021-118E 51287						in space
12U Cubesat (4x3) from the US Air Force Research Laboratory. Designed to prove the use of Commercial, off the shelf (COTS) components in satellites operating at geosynchronous altitude. Equipment includes a cold gas thruster, an electric propulsion system and a commercially produced GPS receiver. Separated from LDPE-1 2022 Jan 25 between 18:00 and midnight UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Jan 26, 11:11	41899	0.0001	35517	35524	1422.53	0.11	341
2022 Feb 1, 11:42	41897	0.0002	35511	35527	1422.46	0.12	146
Atlas upper stage 2021-118C 49819						in space
Launched STPSat 6 and LDPE 1. Engine firing for 2.75 min at apogee of transfer orbit at 16:43 UTC resulted in a Geosynchronous Drift Orbit where it dropped off STPSat 6 and LDPE-1. Further engine firings then took it to graveyard orbit (below).
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 8, 14:13	43768	0.0289	36126	38655	1518.79	0.05	89
Unidentified Object 2021-118D 50214						in space
Orbit similar to the one occupied by LDPE-1 on Dec 15, indicating that LDPE is almost certainly the source. May be a discarded equipment cover or a small satellite that has not yet been acknowledged.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 20, 02:28	42432	0.0015	35990	36117	1449.75	0.07	325

2021-119 Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Dec 8, 07:38
Soyuz MS-20 (Soyuz 11F732A48 № 752) 2021-119A 49922						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 20 Life 12 days Returned to Earth
Carrying crew to ISS - Alexander Misurkin (commander), Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano (Japanese space tourists). Docked with the Poisk module of ISS at 13:40:40 UTC on the day of launch. Undocked Dec 19 at 23:30:27 UTC carrying its original crew. Retro-fire for 4.5 minutes at 02:18:56 UTC led to re-entry and landing 148 km south-east of Dzhezkazgan in Khazakhstan.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 8, 08:07	6588	0.0027	192	228	88.70	51.65	76
2021 Dec 8, 13:50	6798	0.0004	417	422	92.97	51.64	280
2021 Dec 19, 13:12	6798	0.0004	417	423	92.96	51.64	334
Soyuz upper stage 2021-119B 49923						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 11 Life 3 days
Launched Soyuz MS-20.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 8, 08:09	6585	0.0020	194	220	88.63	51.64	63

2021-120 Electron (Love At First Insight) Rocket Lab Launch Complex, New Zealand						2021 Dec 9, 00:02
BlackSky 17 (Global 17) 2021-120A 49949						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Released from kick stage at about 00:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 9, 08:24	6813	0.0008	429	440	93.27	42.02	275
BlackSky 16 (Global 16) 2021-120B 49950						in space
Second Generation commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. Released from kick stage at about 00:56 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 9, 08:23	6811	0.0010	426	440	93.23	42.01	270
Electron second stage 2021-120D 49952						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 17 Life 8 days
Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 9, 03:35	6686	0.0196	176	438	90.67	42.02	257
Electron third stage (kick stage) 2021-120E 49953						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 14 Life 5 days
Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 9, 06:51	6676	0.0189	171	424	90.47	42.03	76

2021-121 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Dec 9, 06:00
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) 2021-121A 49954						in space
Joint project between NASA and the Italian Space Agency. Carries three x-ray telescopes to observe and measure the polarization of X-rays from supernova remnants, supermassive black holes and other high-energy objects. Separated from launch vehicle at 06:33 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 9, 10:41	6974	0.0011	588	603	96.60	0.22	30
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 9 Life <1 day
Launched IXPE. Caused to re-enter above eastern Pacific Ocean at about 07:00 UTC on day of launch, after releasing satellite.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-122 CZ 4B Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Dec 10, 00:11
Shijian 6-05A (Practice 6-05A) 2021-122A 49961						in space
One of a pair of related satellites in a dual launch, reportedly to carry out space environment monitoring and technology tests. The previous Shijian 6 mission was launched in 2010 from Taiyuan with a stated two year lifetime.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Dec 10, 12:11	6839	0.0011	454	469	93.82	97.36	280	06:30
2021 Dec 22, 15:31	6843	0.0011	457	472	93.89	97.35	208	06:30
2022 Jan 7, 22:40	6842	0.0012	456	473	93.88	97.35	150	06:31
2023 Feb 12, 16:51	6894	0.0065	470	561	94.93	97.34	112	06:42
2024 Jan 6, 22:03	6925	0.0001	546	548	95.59	97.33	59	05:57
Shijian 6-05B (Practice 6-05B) 2021-122B 49962						in space
One of a pair of related satellites in a dual launch, reportedly to carry out space environment monitoring and technology tests. The previous Shijian 6 mission was launched in 2010 from Taiyuan with a stated two year lifetime.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Dec 10, 12:12	6841	0.0010	457	470	93.86	97.36	265	06:30
2022 Jan 9, 13:48	6842	0.0012	456	473	93.88	97.36	145	06:31
2023 Feb 12, 16:49	6893	0.0043	485	545	94.93	97.34	275	06:42
2024 Jan 6, 22:32	6928	0.0001	549	551	95.65	97.32	120	05:55
CZ 4B third stage 2021-122D 49964						Re-entered - 2022 Apr 30 Life 141 days
Launched pair of Shijian 6 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 10, 15:03	6755	0.0129	289	464	92.08	97.27	6

2021-123 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Dec 13, 12:07
Express-AMU7 2021-123A 50001						in space
Russian domestic communications satellite. Separated from launch vehicle Dec 14, 05:57 UTC. Initial perigee about 2000 km lower than announced pre-launch - possible trajectory error from the Briz-M manoeuvres. Expected location - 145° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 17, 16:45	40946	0.4455	16325	52810	1374.27	1.68	179
2022 Jan 6, 07:10	41849	0.4186	17953	52989	1419.99	1.59	181
2022 Jan 19, 14:24	42402	0.3427	21493	50555	1448.26	1.17	178
2022 Feb 1, 01:35	41937	0.2456	25257	45861	1424.48	0.50	184
2022 Mar 1, 22:24	42163	0.0429	33978	37593	1436.03	0.08	158	141°.0 E
2022 Mar 11, 03:05	42165	0.0003	35773	35801	1436.12	0.06	222	145°.0 E
Express-AMU3 2021-123B 50002						in space
Russian domestic communications satellite. Separated from launch vehicle Dec 14, 06:14 UTC. Initial perigee about 2000 km lower than announced pre-launch - possible trajectory error from the Briz-M manoeuvres. Expected location - 103° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 17, 16:08	40951	0.4454	16335	52810	1374.51	1.66	179
2022 Jan 6, 07:08	41842	0.4074	18420	52509	1419.66	1.56	181
2022 Jan 18, 14:24	41876	0.5513	12411	58585	1421.38	1.28	200
2022 Feb 1, 14:24	42222	0.2818	23947	47740	1439.00	0.61	181	106°.8 E
2022 Mar 1, 07:11	42258	0.1296	30405	41354	1440.85	0.08	159
2022 Mar 15, 06:13	42052	0.0692	32764	38585	1430.36	0.05	149	101°.7 E
2022 Mar 24, 05:01	42164	0.0001	35782	35789	1436.05	0.02	27	102°.9 E
Briz-M rocket stage 2021-123C 50003						in space
Launched Express-AMU7 and Express-AMU3 communications satellites. Fired engine to move away from satellite release orbit after separation.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 17, 15:55	40140	0.4665	15035	52488	1333.90	1.38	187
Briz-M propellant tank 2021-123D 50004						in space
Discarded auxilliary propellant tank from Briz-M that launched Express-AMU7 and Express-AMU3.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 15, 01:34	18639	0.6362	403	24118	422.06	49.50	180

2021-124 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Dec 13, 16:09
Tianlian 2-02 2021-124A 50005						in space
Second Generation data communications satellite to provide a data relay, and measurement and control service for Chinese satellites and space stations. Manoeuvred to Geosynchronous Drift Orbit Dec 15 around 05:00 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 14, 01:32	24379	0.7311	177	35826	631.39	27.04	180
2021 Dec 21, 16:59	42168	0.0003	35775	35804	1436.24	2.99	348	171°.1 E
2023 Feb 13, 07:01	42164	0.0003	35774	35797	1436.05	1.93	32	171°.1 E
CZ 3 B upper stage 2021-124B 50006						Re-entered - 2024 Feb 3 Life 782 days
Launched Tianlian 2-02. Orbit lowered after releasing satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 13, 20:06	23602	0.7250	112	34336	601.43	26.29	179

2021-F09 - failed to reach orbit Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Dec 15, 01:56
GeeSat (two satellites)
Pair of navigation satellites, owned by a subsidiary of China's Geely automotive group, aimed at 50° inclination LEO. They were intended to be part of a system to provide supplementary navigation information to self-driving motor vehicles. Lost when the launch vehicle failed to attain orbit as result of a fault in the third stage. Launch time is approximate, based on pre-launch navigation warnings.

2021-125 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 04-04) Vandenberg Space Force Base						2021 Dec 18, 12:41
Starlink 3317 2021-125A 50156						in space
One member of a simultaneously-launched cluster of fifty two LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX aimed ultimately at 550 km altitude. Released from launch vehicle at 12:56 UTC. All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 200-300 km altitude.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 23, 16:00	6663	0.0064	242	328	90.22	53.21	169
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 18 Life <1 day
Launched fifty two Starlinks. Caused to re-enter above the northern Pacific Ocean about 1.5 hr after launch.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-126 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station						2021 Dec 19, 03:58
Türksat 5B 2021-126A 50212						in space
Turkish comsat offering telecommunication service, direct TV broadcasting and broadband connections for Turkey, the Middle East and Africa. Separated from launch vehicle at 04:33 UTC. Expected location - 42° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 22, 12:39	41077	0.8396	212	69186	1380.89	27.09	181
2021 Dec 22, 14:43	41134	0.8284	681	68830	1383.74	24.71	182
2022 Jan 3, 18:00	42654	0.8101	1722	70829	1461.15	21.27	183
2022 Jan 20, 03:02	44699	0.7630	4217	72425	1567.51	15.38	186
2022 Feb 3, 21:29	45345	0.6939	7500	70433	1601.57	10.55	189
2022 Feb 22, 18:00	45858	0.5871	12558	66402	1628.87	6.73	192
2022 Mar 7, 18:56	45956	0.4998	16611	62544	1634.06	5.02	194
2022 Mar 30, 21:26	45909	0.3384	23997	55064	1631.55	2.76	198
2022 Apr 7, 20:39	45673	0.2664	27127	51463	1619.03	2.17	197
2022 Apr 14, 06:29	45547	0.2236	28984	49353	1612.31	1.73	196
2022 Apr 21, 00:00	44851	0.1601	31290	45655	1575.50	1.30	199
2022 Apr 28, 12:06	44011	0.0992	33265	42001	1531.45	0.83	200
2022 May 8, 18:12	43849	0.0534	35129	39812	1522.97	0.40	214
2022 May 11, 02:28	41922	0.0084	35191	35897	1423.72	0.09	270
2022 May 13, 11:56	42165	0.0003	35773	35800	1436.09	0.08	59	42°.2 E
Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-126B 50213						Re-entered - 2022 Mar 8 Life 79 days
Launched Türksat 5B.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 22, 19:35	41083	0.8399	199	69209	1381.16	27.07	181

2021-127 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center						2021 Dec 21, 10:07
SpaceX Dragon 2 CRS-24 2021-127A 50318						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 24 Life 34 days Returned to Earth
Carrying a cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Separated from launch vehicle at 10:19 UTC. Docked with forward-facing port of the Harmony Module Dec 22 at 08:41 UTC. Undocked 2022 Jan 23 at 15:40 UTC. Retro-fire Jan 24 at 20:18 UTC led to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 21:05 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 21, 12:04	6666	0.0113	212	363	90.27	51.64	225
2021 Dec 22, 13:44	6798	0.0004	416	423	92.96	51.64	344
2022 Jan 22, 17:16	6796	0.0007	413	423	92.93	51.65	51
2022 Jan 23, 17:46	6791	0.0024	396	429	92.82	51.67	342
2022 Jan 23, 18:03	6783	0.0006	401	409	92.67	51.65	52
2022 Jan 23, 20:51	6659	0.0143	185	376	90.13	51.64	67
2022 Jan 23, 23:48	6657	0.0143	184	374	90.09	51.63	67
2022 Jan 24, 05:49	6656	0.0140	185	372	90.08	51.64	68
Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 21 Life <1 day
Launched SpaceX Dragon CRS-24. Caused to re-enter above the Indian Ocean, south of Australia about 1 hr after lift-off.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable
Dragon 2 trunk module 2021-127B 51283						Re-entered - 2022 Feb 1 Life 42 days
Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-2 2022 January 24 prior to retrofire.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2022 Jan 24, 20:13	6655	0.0139	184	369	90.05	51.64	71

2021-128 H-IIA 204 (F-45) Tanegashima Space Centre						2021 Dec 22, 15:32
Inmarsat 6 F1 (GX-6A) 2021-128A 50319						in space
New generation, dual band, high capacity comsat providing services to the Indian Ocean region. Expected location about 60° east.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 24, 00:32	38815	0.8311	178	64695	1268.39	30.02	171
2022 Jan 5, 13:03	39468	0.8213	674	65505	1300.55	28.34	174
2022 Jan 19, 14:24	41318	0.7975	1987	67892	1393.03	23.38	176
2022 Feb 1, 20:57	43031	0.7646	3751	69554	1480.56	17.82	179
2022 Feb 17, 04:35	43978	0.7311	5449	69751	1529.71	15.22	178
2022 Mar 11, 00:00	45387	0.6557	9251	68766	1603.81	9.93	179
2022 Mar 29, 21:36	46067	0.5790	13015	66363	1640.02	7.02	181
2022 Apr 29, 16:26	46546	0.4334	19994	60342	1665.64	3.81	183
2022 May 31, 12:00	45307	0.2590	27192	50665	1599.58	1.77	186
2022 Jun 30, 19:12	43223	0.0869	33091	40599	1490.51	0.57	184
2022 Jul 13, 21:36	42241	0.0064	35594	36132	1440.00	0.16	210
2022 Jul 14, 11:29	42160	0.0050	35569	35994	1435.85	0.14	242	27°.4 W
2022 Jul 19, 10:17	42165	0.0002	35778	35795	1436.08	0.12	296	28°.1 W
2022 Dec 16, 20:28	42165	0.0001	35785	35789	1436.12	0.01	39	28°.0 W
2022 Dec 19, 10:54	41826	0.0000	35447	35449	1418.81	0.01	142
2023 Jan 11, 20:35	42164	0.0002	35780	35793	1436.07	0.06	320	83°.8 E
2024 Mar 1, 02:45	42165	0.0001	35785	35789	1436.11	0.02	300	83°.8 E
H-IIA upper stage 2021-128B 50320						Re-entered - 2022 Feb 8 Life 48 days
Launched Inmarsat 6 F1.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 27, 11:32	38064	0.8293	120	63251	1231.75	29.97	172

2021-129 CZ 7A (Y-3) Wenchang Space Centre						2021 Dec 23, 10:12
Shiyan 12-01 (Test 12-01) 2021-129A 50321						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched satellites for Chinese government or military with an undisclosed test or demonstration mission. Described as being for space environment studies and related technology experiments. Moved to GEO drift orbit around Dec 26.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 23, 20:04	24368	0.7300	201	35779	630.94	19.46	180
2021 Dec 25, 04:39	24488	0.7217	438	35782	635.62	19.23	181
2021 Dec 30, 11:06	42164	0.0000	35785	35787	1436.07	0.54	325	94°.3 E
2022 Jan 9, 04:07	42205	0.0001	35822	35831	1438.13	0.51	18	93°.5 E
2022 Feb 24, 21:29	42181	0.0000	35802	35803	1436.93	0.40	292	69°.4 E
2022 Mar 3, 12:43	42192	0.0003	35802	35826	1437.50	0.38	0	68°.0 E
2022 Mar 7, 22:14	42173	0.0006	35769	35821	1436.54	0.37	319	66°.7 E
2022 Mar 14, 22:34	42190	0.0002	35804	35820	1437.39	0.36	314	65°.8 E
2022 Mar 24, 13:20	42190	0.0002	35805	35819	1437.38	0.33	290	62°.7 E
2022 Apr 3, 21:21	42189	0.0002	35803	35818	1437.32	0.31	296	59°.5 E
2022 Apr 13, 17:08	42188	0.0002	35803	35817	1437.28	0.29	286	56°.5 E
2022 Apr 23, 17:15	42187	0.0002	35800	35818	1437.24	0.26	271	53°.6 E
2022 May 3, 19:29	42186	0.0002	35799	35816	1437.17	0.24	281	50°.8 E
2022 May 13, 11:58	42185	0.0002	35797	35816	1437.11	0.22	272	48°.2 E
2022 May 23, 13:03	42183	0.0003	35794	35817	1437.05	0.19	275	45°.8 E
2022 May 30, 02:19	42182	0.0003	35793	35815	1436.99	0.18	284	44°.2 E
2022 Jun 8, 11:20	42181	0.0003	35791	35815	1436.93	0.16	285	42°.2 E
2022 Jun 26, 13:17	42199	0.0002	35814	35827	1437.83	0.13	163	38°.6 E
2022 Aug 18, 22:16	42165	0.0004	35771	35801	1436.09	0.12	59	16°.8 E
2022 Aug 21, 05:27	42140	0.0002	35753	35771	1434.83	0.12	234	17°.0 E
2022 Nov 30, 19:59	42081	0.0010	35661	35746	1431.84	0.34	221	68°.2 E
2022 Dec 7, 17:59	42059	0.0006	35658	35705	1430.71	0.36	208	75°.7 E
2022 Dec 12, 14:36	42125	0.0000	35745	35749	1434.08	0.37	23	81°.1 E
2023 Mar 11, 22:46	42099	0.0001	35716	35725	1432.74	0.59	261	131°.3 E
2023 May 8, 13:57	42210	0.0000	35831	35833	1438.42	0.74	271	179°.3 E
Shiyan 12-02 (Test 12-02) 2021-129B 50322						in space
One of a pair of simultaneously-launched satellites for Chinese government or military with an undisclosed test or demonstration mission. Described as being for space environment studies and related technology experiments. Moved to GEO drift orbit around Dec 26.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 23, 19:21	24367	0.7302	196	35781	630.89	19.49	180
2021 Dec 30, 11:06	42164	0.0001	35780	35792	1436.07	0.53	11	94°.2 E
2022 Jan 8, 14:23	42204	0.0001	35820	35832	1438.12	0.51	27	93°.7 E
2022 Feb 13, 17:28	42178	0.0006	35775	35824	1436.77	0.43	346	75°.5 E
2022 Feb 17, 22:51	42216	0.0004	35822	35853	1438.70	0.42	136	74°.5 E
2022 Feb 25, 17:44	42198	0.0003	35809	35831	1437.78	0.40	66	69°.5 E
2022 Feb 26, 17:44	42180	0.0001	35797	35806	1436.87	0.40	213	69°.2 E
2022 Mar 3, 04:51	42154	0.0005	35756	35797	1435.57	0.38	16	68°.5 E
2022 Jun 25, 16:48	42112	0.0004	35717	35751	1433.41	0.13	140	103°.5 E
2022 Jul 3, 13:33	42124	0.0001	35740	35752	1434.03	0.12	145	108°.2 E
2022 Nov 28, 17:01	42166	0.0004	35771	35804	1436.14	0.33	278	178°.6 E
2022 Dec 2, 15:09	42247	0.0007	35839	35899	1440.30	0.34	162
2023 Jan 10, 14:36	42204	0.0003	35813	35838	1438.08	0.44	319	137°.8 E
2023 Feb 10, 01:03	42196	0.0002	35811	35825	1437.71	0.51	2	121°.9 E
2023 May 24, 16:41	42225	0.0001	35845	35849	1439.18	0.78	321	44°.0 E
2023 Jun 3, 22:32	42224	0.0001	35841	35850	1439.12	0.81	350	36°.2 E
2023 Jun 13, 11:55	42223	0.0001	35841	35848	1439.05	0.83	11	29°.0 E
2023 Jun 22, 12:38	42221	0.0001	35840	35846	1438.98	0.85	21	22°.4 E
CZ 7A fourth stage 2021-129C 50323						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 7 Life 15 days
Launched Shiyan 12 satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 23, 17:59	23795	0.7270	118	34717	608.83	19.53	179
2022 Jan 7, 18:11	7201	0.1020	89	1558	101.36	19.26	211

2021-130 Ariane 5ECA (VA-256) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise						2021 Dec 25, 12:20
James Webb Telescope 2021-130A 50463						in space
Large diameter astronomical telescope. Joint ESA, NASA and Canadian Space Agency project. Initially injected into barycentric orbit to carry it the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2. Entered orbit around L2 2022 Jan 24.
Halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L-2 Lagrange Point
Ariane 5 upper stage 2021-130B 50464						in space
Launched James Webb Telescope.
Heliocentric orbit

2021-131 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre						2021 Dec 26, 03:11
Ziyuan-1 02E 2021-131A 50465						in space
Remote sensing satellite equipped with a full-color high-resolution multi-spectral camera and a panchromatic camera. Its main tasks include production of images at 1:50,000 scale for use in land resource surveys to monitor disaster prevention measures, disaster mitigation, agriculture, forestry, water conservancy and the environment. Will work together with Ziyuan-1 2D (44528/2019-059A)
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Dec 26, 19:20	7144	0.0003	764	768	100.17	98.59	222	10:30
2021 Dec 30, 02:10	7152	0.0003	772	776	100.32	98.59	73	10:30
2022 Jan 3, 02:55	7152	0.0002	773	775	100.33	98.59	91	10:30
2023 Feb 13, 12:44	7152	0.0001	773	775	100.32	98.55	94	10:42
Hope 3 (XW-3, CAS-9) 2021-131B 50466						in space
6U Cubesat with amateur radio payload, built for AMSAT China. Released from launch vehicle at 03:35:58 UTC.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 26, 11:03	7142	0.0004	761	766	100.11	98.59	306
2023 Feb 13, 12:35	7141	0.0005	759	767	100.09	98.56	143
CZ 4C third stage 2021-131C 50467						in space
Launched Ziyuan-1 02E and XW-3. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 26, 11:09	7059	0.0117	598	764	98.37	98.64	66

2021-132 Soyuz-2.1b + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome						2021 Dec 27, 13:10
OneWeb 0389 2021-132A 50469						in space
Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb. One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. Released from the Fregat stage of the launch vehicle in nine batches of four.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 28, 20:00	6832	0.0019	441	467	93.67	87.40	314
Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued						Re-entered - 2021 Dec 27 Life <1 day
Launched cluster of 36 OneWeb satellites. Directed to destructive re-entry above the south Atlantic Ocean around 18:30 UTC.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-133 Angara A5 + Persei Plesetsk Cosmodrome						2021 Dec 27, 19:00
IPM 3/PERSEY (Persei rocket stage + engineering sensors) 2021-133A 50505						Re-entered - 2022 Jan 5 Life 9 days
Carrying attached dummy payload and aimed at GEO Drift orbit. Second engine ignition failed to occur as planned, leaving it unintentionally in LEO.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 27, 23:35	6568	0.0017	179	201	88.30	63.39	294
2022 Jan 5, 20:09	6491	0.0007	108	118	86.74	63.39	276

2021-134 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre						2021 Dec 29, 11:13
Tianhui 4A 2021-134A 50572						in space
One of a pair of satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Second generation cartographic and imaging satellite. Mission has a possible emphasis on polar regions. One of a pair of satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Manoeuvred itself 200 km behind its companion then settled down in formation with it.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Dec 29, 17:36	6869	0.0011	483	498	94.42	89.00	289	17:59
2022 Jan 8, 11:52	6869	0.0010	484	498	94.43	89.00	235	17:15
Tianhui 4B 2021-134B 50573						in space
One of a pair of satellites carried on the same launch vehicle. Second generation cartographic and imaging satellite. Mission has a possible emphasis on polar regions. One of a pair of carried on the same launch vehicle but not identified as a satellite in Chinese launch announcement, or subsequently by CAST but description of the rocket included a dual satellite dispenser. Manoeuvres by Tianhui 4 (2021-134A) to settle into formation 200 km behind indicates both are satellites.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2021 Dec 29, 17:36	6869	0.0010	484	498	94.43	89.00	284	17:59
CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued						in space
Launched Tianhui 4. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellite.
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable

2021-135 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre						2021 Dec 29, 16:43
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 9 (Communication Technology Test 9, TJS 9) 2021-135A 50574						in space
Described as a technology test satellite, TJS 9 is probably military in nature and possibly with a SIGINT rôle.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )	GEO     Longitude
2021 Dec 29, 20:00	24373	0.7314	168	35820	631.12	27.09	179
2022 Jan 7, 13:31	42165	0.0004	35771	35803	1436.11	0.11	354	137°.3 E
2023 Feb 13, 14:50	42165	0.0002	35777	35796	1436.10	0.07	47	137°.3 E
CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-135B 50575						Re-entered - 2022 Sep 15 Life 260 days
Launched TJS 9.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl  ( ° )	ω   ( ° )
2021 Dec 29, 20:07	23629	0.7245	131	34371	602.47	27.07	178

2021-Q01 Simorgh (Phoenix) Ayatollah Khomeini Space Centre, Iran						2021 Dec 30, 03:30
Unknown payloads (x3)
Carried by Simorgh. Iranian launch information is unclear over whether they were intended to reach orbit - may have been used to evaluate launch vehicle performance. Re-entered, together with the upper stage, probably above the eastern Indian Ocean near Australia. Ground track probably followed that of a launch to about 55° inclination.