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| 2021 - Launches to Orbit and Beyond
Listed are launches, irrespective of outcome, that were irretrievably committed to flight towards orbit or intended to accelerate the payload to escape velocity. The following notes should help with understanding the launch lists.
Launch times are in UTC and are 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 but it 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 using visual and radio techniques. Such data is published near-daily by Mike McCants, and the source observations along with observers' derived orbits can often be found in the web-based Seesat-L discussion group. Occasionally, early orbit data are published by satellite owners. In extreme cases, orbits are estimated from public data.
Space-Track occasionally fails to allocate names to objects in its catalogue. The SATNOGS online database of radio observations sometimes provides pointers to which Catalogue Number belongs to a satellite being tracked by its contributors.
Apogee and perigee are measured against a spherical Earth situated at the focus of the orbital ellipse and with a radius of 6378.145 km. Shown 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 with other published orbits because they may have been derived using a different model.
2021-001 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Jan 5, 02:15 | |
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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.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Jan 09, 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 03, 15:35 | 42058 | 0.5462 | 12708 | 58653 | 1430.66 | 5.00 | 198 | | | 2021 Mar 16, 12:36 | 41247 | 0.4565 | 16038 | 53700 | 1389.46 | 3.51 | 198 | | | 2021 Apr 01, 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 | 31° east | | 2021 May 03, 01:04 | 42165 | 0.0000 | 35785 | 35788 | 1436.09 | 0.02 | 194 | 31° east | | | Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-001B 47307 |
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Launched Türksat 5A. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 09, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 20, 16:31 | 6883 | 0.0018 | 493 | 517 | 94.72 | 60.68 | 289 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2023 Jun 6 Life 870 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 20, 16:25 | 6876 | 0.0012 | 490 | 506 | 94.57 | 60.68 | 252 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Apr 30 Life 1199 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
estimated orbit | 6879 | 0.0014 | 491 | 510 | 94.63 | 60.70 | 266 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 20:33 | 42164 | 0.0002 | 35777 | 35795 | 1436.07 | 5.51 | 334 | 82° east | | 2023 Feb 12, 06:13 | 42164 | 0.0004 | 35770 | 35803 | 1436.08 | 3.91 | 13 | 82° east | | | CZ-3B upper stage 2021-003B 47322 |
Re-entered - 2022 Mar 28 Life 433 days
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Launched Tiantong 1-03. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites in order to shorten on-orbit life. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 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 |
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Launched GMS-T. Perigee lowered after releasing the satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Launched GMS-T. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Kennedy Space Center | 2021 Jan 20, 13:02 | Starlink 1952 2021-005A 47349 |
Re-entered - 2022 Sep 17 Life 605 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Feb 02, 22:00 | 6901 | 0.0012 | 515 | 531 | 95.09 | 97.51 | 231 | 09:36 | | | Astrocast 03 (Astrocast 0101) 2021-006T 47430 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 06, 15:09 | 6906 | 0.0010 | 521 | 535 | 95.20 | 97.51 | 201 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 31, 21:01 | 6906 | 0.0012 | 519 | 536 | 95.19 | 97.51 | 203 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Jul 30 Life 1283 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 01, 19:15 | 6906 | 0.0012 | 519 | 536 | 95.19 | 97.51 | 203 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Jun 13 Life 1236 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 31, 22:37 | 6906 | 0.0012 | 520 | 536 | 95.20 | 97.50 | 207 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 05, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 01, 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
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1U Cubesat - from NASA Ames Research Center, ELaNa 35 mission. Released from Sherpa FX-1. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 31, 22:40 | 6907 | 0.0009 | 523 | 536 | 95.22 | 97.51 | 208 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Jan 25 Life 1096 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 01, 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 2 (Izanami) 2021-006CS 47485 |
Re-entered - 2024 Apr 11 Life 1173 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 03, 15:48 | 6908 | 0.0009 | 523 | 536 | 95.23 | 97.51 | 198 | | | 2021 Apr 05, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 04, 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 | | | | |
in space
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 04, 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 | | | | |
in space
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 04, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jan 27, 20:14 | 6909 | 0.0008 | 526 | 537 | 95.26 | 97.52 | 235 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Sep 1 Life 1316 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 01, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 01, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 09, 09:56 | 6907 | 0.0010 | 522 | 536 | 95.22 | 97.51 | 179 | | | | Flock 4S-41 2021-006ER 47698 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 02, 10:48 | 7493 | 0.0010 | 1108 | 1123 | 107.59 | 63.41 | 261 | | | 2021 Mar 03, 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 | | | | Yaogan 31-02 Trailer 2021-007B 47533 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 02, 10:31 | 7458 | 0.0012 | 1071 | 1088 | 106.83 | 63.41 | 348 | | | 2021 Mar 03, 08:46 | 7468 | 0.0009 | 1083 | 1097 | 107.05 | 63.41 | 285 | | | 2023 Feb 13, 12:20 | 7468 | 0.0067 | 1040 | 1140 | 107.04 | 63.41 | 353 | | | | Yaogan 31-02 Leader 2021-007E 47536 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 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 03, 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 | | | | CZ 4C third stage 2021-007F 47537 |
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Launched Yaogan 31-02 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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. |
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2021-008 Soyuz-2 1B Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 2021 Feb 2, 20:45 | Cosmos 2549 (Lotos-S № 5) 2021-008A 47546 |
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Electronic intelligence gathering - signals intelligence (SIGINT) satellite. Vehicle is based on the design of the Yantar satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 03, 04:49 | 6948 | 0.0475 | 240 | 899 | 96.05 | 67.14 | 92 | | | 2021 Feb 03, 20:50 | 6950 | 0.0471 | 244 | 899 | 96.10 | 67.14 | 92 | | | 2021 Feb 09, 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
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Launched Cosmos 2549. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 02, 22:26 | 6935 | 0.0461 | 237 | 877 | 95.80 | 67.14 | 92 | | | |
2021-009 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Feb 4, 06:19 | Starlink 1782 2021-009A 47548 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 | TJS 6 (Communication Technology Test Satellite 6) 2021-010A 47613 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Feb 05, 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 | 179° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-010B 47614 |
Re-entered - 2022 Apr 2 Life 422 days
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Launched TJS 6. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Feb 04, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Progress MS-16. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Feb 16, 03:59 | Starlink 1528 2021-012A 47620 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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+ Wallops Flight Facility | 2021 Feb 20, 17:36 | Cygnus NG-15 (SS Katherine Johnson) 2021-013A 47689 |
Re-entered - 2021 Jul 2 Life 132 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2023 Jan 31 Life 710 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 03:46 | 6874 | 0.0010 | 489 | 503 | 94.53 | 51.64 | 267 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2023 Jan 31 Life 710 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 13:17 | 6876 | 0.0007 | 492 | 502 | 94.56 | 51.64 | 246 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2021 Feb 25 Life 5 days
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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.
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Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable | | Antares second stage 2021-013B 47690 |
Re-entered - 2021 Mar 1 Life 9 days
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Launched SS Katherine Johnson. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Trailer 2021-014A 47691 |
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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. This object was originally catalogued as 47692/2021-014B, Space-Track switched designations more than one week after launch. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | | Yaogan 31-03 Outlier 2021-014C 47693 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | Yaogan 31-03 Leader 2021-014E 47695 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | CZ 4C third stage 2021-014F 47696 |
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Launched Yaogan 31-03 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 05, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 07, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
estimated orbit | 6881 | 0.0009 | 496 | 509 | 94.67 | 97.46 | 297 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Launched Amazônia 1 and eighteen small satellites. Orbit, Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 05, 04:01 | 26768 | 0.7234 | 1027 | 39754 | 726.43 | 63.32 | 270 | | | 2021 Mar 06, 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 |
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Launched Arktika-M 1. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 04, 22:54 | 26698 | 0.7277 | 893 | 39747 | 723.56 | 63.33 | 270 | | | 2021 Mar 05, 08:51 | 26702 | 0.7275 | 898 | 39750 | 723.72 | 63.34 | 270 | | | |
2021-017 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center | 2021 Mar 4, 08:24 | Starlink 2068 2021-017A 47722 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Mar 11, 08:13 | Starlink 2257 2021-018A 47787 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 147° east | | | CZ 7 upper stage 2021-019B 47852 |
Re-entered - 2022 Nov 23 Life 622 days
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Launched Shiyan 9. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 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 | | | | Yaogan 31-04 Outlier 2021-020C 47856 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 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 | | | | Yaogan 31-04 Trailer 2021-020D 47857 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | CZ 4C third stage 2021-020E 47858 |
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Launched Yaogan 31-04 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Kennedy Space Center | 2021 Mar 14, 10:01 | Starlink 2258 2021-021A 47860 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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1U Cubesat - from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, built with Filipino involvement. Includes an amateur radio payload. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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1U Cubesat - testing a satellite power system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | |
Re-entered - 2022 May 1 Life 413 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 23:00 | | 2023 Feb 13, 13:49 | 6880 | 0.0005 | 499 | 505 | 94.66 | 97.42 | 341 | 22:51 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 09, 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 25, 04:08 | 6928 | 0.0021 | 535 | 564 | 95.65 | 97.56 | 235 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 25, 15:28 | 6928 | 0.0021 | 536 | 564 | 95.65 | 97.56 | 234 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 01, 23:01 | 6928 | 0.0021 | 535 | 564 | 95.64 | 97.56 | 210 | | | | OrbiCraft-Zorkiy 2021-022AE 47960 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 03, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 01, 16:17 | 6924 | 0.0019 | 533 | 559 | 95.56 | 97.56 | 203 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Jul 28 Life 1224 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Sep 19 Life 1277 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 05, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 02, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 |
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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) | | |
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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) | | |
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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) | | |
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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) | | |
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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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 22, 07:12 | 6877 | 0.0016 | 488 | 510 | 94.60 | 97.40 | 263 | | | 2021 Mar 22, 08:23 | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 23, 22:57 | 6927 | 0.0014 | 539 | 558 | 95.62 | 45.00 | 272 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Jun 21 Life 1187 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 24, 02:10 | 6931 | 0.0008 | 547 | 559 | 95.71 | 45.00 | 286 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Mar 25, 10:20 | 6831 | 0.0007 | 448 | 458 | 93.65 | 45.00 | 284 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched a cluster of nine satellites/payloads. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Mar 24, 08:28 | Starlink 2087 2021-024A 47977 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 01:36 | 6985 | 0.0002 | 606 | 608 | 96.83 | 97.86 | 218 | 05:01 | | 2021 Apr 08, 10:02 | 6996 | 0.0013 | 609 | 627 | 97.05 | 97.86 | 334 | 05:01 | | 2021 Apr 08, 19:00 | 7006 | 0.0003 | 625 | 630 | 97.26 | 97.86 | 116 | 05:01 | | 2023 Feb 13, 11:30 | 7006 | 0.0001 | 627 | 629 | 97.27 | 97.91 | 88 | 04:53 | | | CZ 4C third stage 2021-026B 48080 |
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Launched Gaofen 12-02. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Apr 7, 16:34 | Starlink 2048 2021-027A 48092 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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Described as being for space environment studies and related technology experiments. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Apr 09, 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 |
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Launched Shiyan 6-03. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 09, 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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 09, 08:59 | 6588 | 0.0027 | 192 | 228 | 88.70 | 51.65 | 68 | | | 2021 Apr 09, 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
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Launched Soyuz MS-18. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 09, 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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 21:05 | 6798 | 0.0003 | 418 | 422 | 92.97 | 51.64 | 163 | | | 2021 Nov 09, 02:44 | 6800 | 0.0007 | 417 | 426 | 93.00 | 51.58 | 167 | | | | Crew Dragon trunk module 2021-030B 49406 |
Re-entered - 2022 Sep 28 Life 523 days
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Separated from Dragon Crew 2 November 9, 02:35 UTC prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 10, 04:00 | 6787 | 0.0007 | 404 | 414 | 92.74 | 51.74 | 187 | | | | Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued |
Re-entered - 2021 Apr 23 Life <1 day
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Caused to re-enter obove the Pacific Ocean about forty minutes, 0.5 circuits after lift-off. |
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable | |
2021-031 Soyuz-2 1B + Fregat Vostochny Cosmodrome | 2021 Apr 25, 22:14 | OneWeb 0176 2021-031A 48210 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 02, 00:09 | 7036 | 0.0184 | 528 | 787 | 97.89 | 98.10 | 88 | 13:00 | | 2021 May 05, 00:01 | 7039 | 0.0159 | 549 | 772 | 97.95 | 98.06 | 54 | 13:00 | | 2021 Sep 07, 23:35 | 7039 | 0.0159 | 549 | 772 | 97.95 | 98.06 | 13 | 13:01 | | 2022 Jul 27, 01:04 | 7039 | 0.0159 | 548 | 773 | 97.95 | 98.00 | 68 | 13:04 | | 2024 May 18, 23:55 | 7037 | 0.0157 | 548 | 769 | 97.91 | 98.04 | 118 | 13:00 | | | Delta 4 upper stage uncatalogued |
Re-entered - 2021 Apr 27 Life 1 day
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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 | |
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Demonstrator mission for imaging system using synthetic aperture radar. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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Demonstrator mission for optical imaging system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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Verification mission for a lightweight high-resolution imaging system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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Technology verification mission for a temote sensing system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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Science satellite for astronomical observation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Apr 27, 09:39 | 6880 | 0.0009 | 496 | 509 | 94.66 | 97.40 | 275 | | | | |
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Commercial remote sensing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Technical verification of real-time imaging system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Launched cluster of satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 02, 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 |
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6U Cubesat manufactured by Tyvak for Eutelsat as a demonstrator for a future constellation of internet communications satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 02, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 04, 06:49 | 6751 | 0.0005 | 370 | 376 | 92.00 | 41.47 | 45 | | | 2021 Jun 04, 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 01, 12:13 | 6758 | 0.0007 | 375 | 384 | 92.14 | 41.47 | 59 | | | 2021 Jul 02, 01:53 | 6759 | 0.0007 | 376 | 385 | 92.16 | 41.47 | 49 | | | 2021 Jul 04, 05:54 | 6759 | 0.0007 | 376 | 385 | 92.16 | 41.47 | 62 | | | 2021 Sep 01, 07:18 | 6756 | 0.0007 | 374 | 383 | 92.12 | 41.47 | 165 | | | 2021 Sep 01, 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 | 41.46 | 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 04, 12:20 | 6761 | 0.0005 | 380 | 386 | 92.21 | 41.47 | 291 | | | 2022 Nov 04, 15:18 | 6767 | 0.0009 | 382 | 395 | 92.33 | 41.48 | 224 | | | | unidentified object uncatalogued |
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Noted in orbit by amateur visual observer 2024 May 30, about 250 km ahead of CSS. Possibly discarded item from EVA on May 28. |
Orbit parameters awaited | | CZ 5B second stage 2021-035B 48275 |
Re-entered - 2021 May 9 Life 10 days
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Launched Tianhe space station. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Apr 29, 03:44 | Starlink 2567 2021-036A 48276 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 05, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 06:06 | 7467 | 0.0007 | 1084 | 1095 | 107.03 | 63.41 | 239 | | | 2021 May 01, 09:40 | 7463 | 0.0013 | 1076 | 1095 | 106.94 | 63.41 | 264 | | | 2021 May 01, 13:14 | 7463 | 0.0010 | 1077 | 1092 | 106.93 | 63.40 | 278 | | | 2021 May 07, 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 |
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Launched Yaogan 34-01. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Kennedy Space Center | 2021 May 4, 19:01 | Starlink 2613 2021-038A 48353 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 07, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 07, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 07, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 07, 06:33 | 6972 | 0.0006 | 589 | 598 | 96.55 | 35.01 | 256 | | | | CZ 2C second stage 2021-039E 48427 |
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Launched Yaogan 30-08 group. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 May 07, 00:17 | 6912 | 0.0095 | 468 | 599 | 95.31 | 34.98 | 65 | | | |
2021-040 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 May 9, 06:42 | Starlink 2461 2021-040A 48428 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 | |
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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. |
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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. |
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2021-041 Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy Space Center | 2021 May 15, 22:56 | Starlink 2063 2021-041A 48553 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 04, 17:49 | 42049 | 0.0010 | 35630 | 35713 | 1430.21 | 7.97 | 159 | 146° west | | 2021 Jun 05, 23:04 | 42112 | 0.0013 | 35680 | 35786 | 1433.38 | 7.98 | 79 | 145° west | | 2021 Jun 08, 06:02 | 42163 | 0.0001 | 35779 | 35791 | 1436.03 | 7.97 | 147 | 145° west | | 2021 Jul 07, 13:44 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35778 | 35796 | 1436.13 | 7.92 | 156 | 146° west | | 2021 Jul 13, 14:02 | 42086 | 0.0002 | 35699 | 35717 | 1432.07 | 7.91 | 151 | 141° west | | 2021 Dec 09, 14:52 | 42090 | 0.0002 | 35703 | 35720 | 1432.26 | 7.67 | 253 | 9° east | | 2021 Dec 17, 14:04 | 42166 | 0.0009 | 35749 | 35826 | 1436.14 | 7.65 | 236 | 9° east | | 2023 Feb 13, 08:20 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35778 | 35795 | 1436.09 | 6.95 | 357 | 21° east | | | TDO 3 (Technology Demonstration Orbiter) 2021-042B 48619 |
Re-entered - 2022 Sep 27 Life 497 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Launched Haiyang 2D. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite in order to hasten orbit decay. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 May 26, 18:59 | Starlink 2758 2021-044A 48638 |
Re-entered - 2024 May 25 Life 1095 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 01, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 Wenchang Space Centre | 2021 May 29, 12:55 | |
Re-entered - 2022 Mar 31 Life 306 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Tianzhou 2. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Jun 03, 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° east | | 2021 Jun 23, 14:12 | 42164 | 0.0000 | 35784 | 35787 | 1436.05 | 0.06 | 237 | 124° east | | 2023 Feb 11, 22:08 | 42163 | 0.0003 | 35772 | 35798 | 1436.01 | 0.12 | 7 | 133° east | | 2024 Feb 01, 07:20 | 42165 | 0.0004 | 35772 | 35802 | 1436.13 | 0.10 | 357 | 133° east | | 2024 Feb 01, 21:02 | 42294 | 0.0005 | 35896 | 35935 | 1442.69 | 0.10 | 3 | 132° east | | 2024 Feb 17, 23:36 | 42298 | 0.0005 | 35900 | 35939 | 1442.90 | 0.14 | 2 | 105° east | | 2024 Feb 19, 01:11 | 42164 | 0.0005 | 35764 | 35808 | 1436.07 | 0.14 | 359 | 105° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-047B 48809 |
Re-entered - 2022 Aug 9 Life 433 days
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Launched Fengyun 4B. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 02, 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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 03, 19:13 | 6596 | 0.0017 | 207 | 230 | 88.86 | 51.65 | 243 | | | 2021 Jun 04, 14:29 | 6598 | 0.0020 | 206 | 232 | 88.89 | 51.65 | 244 | | | 2021 Jun 05, 05:43 | 6798 | 0.0007 | 415 | 425 | 92.97 | 51.65 | 37 | | | 2021 Jun 05, 07:19 | 6798 | 0.0004 | 417 | 422 | 92.97 | 51.65 | 68 | | | 2021 Jul 08, 12:50 | 6798 | 0.0002 | 419 | 422 | 92.98 | 51.64 | 140 | | | 2021 Jul 08, 15:15 | 6790 | 0.0010 | 405 | 419 | 92.81 | 51.66 | 290 | | | 2021 Jul 08, 17:14 | 6785 | 0.0002 | 405 | 408 | 92.70 | 51.64 | 353 | | | 2021 Jul 09, 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
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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
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Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-22 2021 July 10 at 02:41 UTC, prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Jun 07, 01:00 | 16188 | 0.5914 | 236 | 19384 | 341.62 | 27.01 | 176 | | | 2021 Jun 08, 13:24 | 18236 | 0.6346 | 285 | 23431 | 408.47 | 26.90 | 177 | | | 2021 Jun 09, 04:13 | 19131 | 0.6513 | 292 | 25213 | 438.89 | 26.88 | 178 | | | 2021 Jun 09, 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° west | | 2021 Jun 22, 13:59 | 42164 | 0.0002 | 35777 | 35795 | 1436.07 | 0.06 | 166 | 120° west | | 2021 Jul 30, 14:25 | 42164 | 0.0002 | 35777 | 35796 | 1436.08 | 0.04 | 22 | 120° west | | 2021 Aug 12, 01:35 | 42046 | 0.0001 | 35665 | 35671 | 1430.03 | 0.05 | 154 | 105° west | | 2021 Aug 20, 23:54 | 42044 | 0.0002 | 35657 | 35675 | 1429.96 | 0.05 | 48 | 91° west | | 2021 Aug 25, 03:50 | 42110 | 0.0002 | 35723 | 35741 | 1433.30 | 0.06 | 46 | 87° west | | 2021 Aug 30, 13:02 | 42172 | 0.0001 | 35790 | 35797 | 1436.45 | 0.07 | 334 | 85° west | | 2023 Feb 12, 14:18 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35780 | 35794 | 1436.10 | 0.02 | 238 | 85° west | | | Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-049B 48839 |
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Launched Sirius XM-8. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 11, 21:55 | 6873 | 0.0010 | 488 | 502 | 94.52 | 97.51 | 275 | | | | |
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Small satellite reportedly for ecological observation of the continental shelf. Catalogue number and Designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 11, 21:59 | 6873 | 0.0011 | 487 | 502 | 94.51 | 97.51 | 277 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Feb 27 Life 991 days
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Small satellite for asteroid research from the Shenzhen Space Technology Company. Catalogue number and Designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 11, 21:52 | 6873 | 0.0011 | 488 | 502 | 94.51 | 97.51 | 276 | | | | |
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Commercial Earth imaging satellite from China's 21st Century Space Technology Application Company. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 | |
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Lost when launch failed. Launch was reported by US Government but denied by Iran. |
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Odyssey (TacRL-2). |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
Re-entered - 2022 Oct 12 Life 485 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 Wallops Flight Facility | 2021 Jun 15, 13:35 | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2022 Nov 25, 15:49 | 6972 | 0.0002 | 592 | 595 | 96.55 | 55.00 | 197 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2022 Nov 25, 15:44 | 6971 | 0.0008 | 587 | 599 | 96.55 | 55.00 | 103 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2022 Nov 25, 15:38 | 6971 | 0.0011 | 585 | 600 | 96.54 | 54.99 | 34 | | | | Minotaur upper stage 2021-052D 48849 |
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Launched USA 316 - 318 triplet. Orbits based on amateur observation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Sep 20, 19:25 | 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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Shenzhou 12. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Detached from Shenzhou 12 2021 Sep 17 at 04:43 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Block 3 GPS Navsat. Released from launch vehicle at 17:38 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 06, 13:50 | 6976 | 0.0006 | 594 | 602 | 96.65 | 34.99 | 278 | | | 2023 Feb 13, 10:44 | 6972 | 0.0007 | 589 | 598 | 96.55 | 35.00 | 279 | | | | Yaogan 30-09B 2021-055B 48861 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 08, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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1U Cubesat from Mauritian Research and Innovation Council carrying an Earth imaging system and an amateur radio package. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jun 28, 16:42 | 6796 | 0.0003 | 416 | 420 | 92.92 | 51.64 | 183 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2022 Aug 8 Life 412 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 07, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Pion-NKS. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 10:24 | 6713 | 0.0073 | 286 | 384 | 91.23 | 51.64 | 342 | | | 2021 Jul 01, 18:10 | 6799 | 0.0002 | 419 | 422 | 92.98 | 51.64 | 128 | | | 2021 Jul 02, 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
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Launched Progress MS-17. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 21:45 | 6885 | 0.0018 | 495 | 520 | 94.77 | 60.69 | 265 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2023 Oct 3 Life 825 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 03, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 04:37 | 6887 | 0.0019 | 495 | 522 | 94.80 | 60.69 | 268 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 03, 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
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Launched cluster of seven small satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites in order to reduce orbital life. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 01, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 03, 14:17 | 7026 | 0.0009 | 641 | 655 | 97.69 | 97.53 | 279 | | | 2021 Dec 02, 09:01 | 7030 | 0.0010 | 644 | 659 | 97.76 | 96.01 | 202 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 May 29 Life 1064 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 22:37 | 6908 | 0.0010 | 523 | 537 | 95.23 | 97.52 | 211 | | | | TUBIN (Technical University of Berlin Infrared Nanosatellite) 2021-059X 48900 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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 | | | | |
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Small satellite testing laser communications, Internet connection and communication with military surveillance drones. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 | | | | |
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Small satellite testing laser communications, Internet connection and communication with military surveillance drones. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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Small satellite from US company UMBRA, equipped with a radar imaging system for commercial Earth observation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 22:35 | 6907 | 0.0010 | 522 | 536 | 95.21 | 97.51 | 201 | | | | Mandrake 2 Baker 2021-059AF 48908 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 05, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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6U Cubesat carrying a set of imaging and communications payloads from multiple suppliers. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 22:32 | 6906 | 0.0012 | 519 | 536 | 95.18 | 97.51 | 197 | | | | Faraday-Phoenix 2021-059AX 48924 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 07, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 17:42 | 6903 | 0.0016 | 514 | 536 | 95.13 | 97.51 | 209 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Sep 7 Life 1165 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
| Tiger 2 (Layan 21) 2021-059BT 48944 |
Re-entered - 2024 Oct 9 Life 1197 days
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6U Cubesat from OQ Technology equipped with a 5G internet communications payload. Released from Sherpa LTE-1. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 22:24 | 6901 | 0.0014 | 513 | 533 | 95.09 | 97.51 | 210 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 08, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 06, 16:05 | 6902 | 0.0016 | 513 | 536 | 95.12 | 97.51 | 214 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Apr 17 Life 1022 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 26, 15:37 | 6905 | 0.0010 | 519 | 533 | 95.16 | 97.51 | 139 | | | | |
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6U Cubesat - military Imaging satellite for the Royal Thai Air Force. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 19. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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6U Cubesat - carrying seven unspecified payloads. Released from ION SCV 2021 mid-late July. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 25, 19:06 | 6908 | 0.0015 | 520 | 540 | 95.23 | 97.51 | 132 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Aug 15 Life 1142 days
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3U Cubesat for maritime reconnaissance. Released from ION SCV 2021 Jul 24. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb.
One of 34 similar satellites carried on this launch. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 02, 16:00 | 6822 | 0.0004 | 441 | 447 | 93.47 | 87.40 | 295 | | | 2021 Jul 03, 22:00 | 6822 | 0.0004 | 442 | 447 | 93.47 | 87.40 | 287 | | | | Fregat rocket stage uncatalogued |
Re-entered - 2021 Jul 1 Life <1 day
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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 |
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Imaging satellite for Earth resources and land studies, particularly in relation to mining and urban construction industries. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 03, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 03, 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 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 03, 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 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 03, 22:59 | 6914 | 0.0011 | 528 | 544 | 95.37 | 97.54 | 283 | 10:00 | | | Xingshidai 10 (New Era 10, Star Age 10) 2021-061E 49007 |
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Small Earth observation satellite equipped with visible light and infrared imagers and owned by Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Technology Co. Includes artificial intelligence software to help pinpoint unusual events on the Earth's surface such as fires. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 03, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Jul 05, 09:01 | 7183 | 0.0005 | 802 | 809 | 100.98 | 98.70 | 251 | 05:41 | | 2021 Jul 07, 14:50 | 7196 | 0.0002 | 817 | 819 | 101.25 | 98.69 | 166 | 05:41 | | 2021 Jul 09, 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 | 05:38 | | | CZ 4C third stage 2021-062C 49010 |
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Launched Fengyun 3E. Perigee lowered to reduce orbital lifetime. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 05, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 11° east | | 2023 Feb 13, 01:07 | 42164 | 0.0002 | 35777 | 35795 | 1436.06 | 1.56 | 38 | 17° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-063B 49012 |
Re-entered - 2022 May 30 Life 328 days
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Launched Tianlian 1-05 |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Jul 09, 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 2A (Zhongzi 2A) 2021-064A 49018 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 21:44 | 7244 | 0.0009 | 860 | 872 | 102.27 | 45.00 | 288 | | | | Ningxia-1 2B (Zhongzi 2B) 2021-064B 49019 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 21:24 | 7244 | 0.0008 | 860 | 872 | 102.27 | 45.00 | 294 | | | | Ningxia-1 2C (Zhongzi 2C) 2021-064C 49020 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 21:03 | 7244 | 0.0008 | 860 | 872 | 102.27 | 45.00 | 298 | | | | Ningxia-1 2D (Zhongzi 2D) 2021-064D 49021 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 22:25 | 7244 | 0.0009 | 860 | 872 | 102.27 | 45.00 | 304 | | | | Ningxia-1 2E (Zhongzi 2E) 2021-064E 49022 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Launched second group of five Ningxia-1 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 2021-065B 49028 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 34.99 | 289 | | | 2023 Feb 13, 11:29 | 6971 | 0.0001 | 593 | 594 | 96.55 | 35.00 | 282 | | | | Yaogan 30-10C 2021-065C 49029 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Launched Yaogan 30 Group 10 and Tianqi 15. Perigee lowered to accelerate orbit decay. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Nauka. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Monolith. Until 2021 Aug 3, this object was tagged by SpaceTrack as 49052/2021-068A. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Monolith. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Aug 01, 01:03 | 27385 | 0.5384 | 6262 | 35752 | 751.67 | 1.94 | 178 | | | 2021 Aug 01, 20:41 | 24358 | 0.7279 | 250 | 35710 | 630.56 | 2.97 | 179 | | | 2021 Aug 02, 05:54 | 29407 | 0.4310 | 10354 | 35704 | 836.43 | 0.99 | 178 | | | 2021 Aug 03, 16:22 | 34714 | 0.2163 | 20829 | 35844 | 1072.81 | 0.33 | 178 | | | 2021 Aug 05, 11:02 | 41258 | 0.0196 | 34071 | 35689 | 1390.02 | 0.06 | 9 | | | 2021 Aug 06, 07:46 | 42130 | 0.0010 | 35709 | 35794 | 1434.30 | 0.09 | 182 | 72° west | | 2021 Aug 11, 07:20 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35780 | 35795 | 1436.12 | 0.08 | 215 | 70° west | | 2023 Feb 11, 19:13 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35782 | 35792 | 1436.10 | 0.03 | 184 | 70° west | | | Eutelsat Quantum 2021-069B 49056 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 00:20 | 25027 | 0.6829 | 1559 | 35739 | 656.71 | 2.51 | 178 | | | 2021 Aug 01, 01:03 | 26165 | 0.6087 | 3860 | 35713 | 701.99 | 1.80 | 178 | | | 2021 Aug 06, 15:09 | 42117 | 0.0010 | 35697 | 35781 | 1433.67 | 0.02 | 11 | 46° east | | 2021 Aug 07, 12:42 | 42103 | 0.0007 | 35697 | 35753 | 1432.95 | 0.02 | 49 | 46° east | | 2021 Aug 09, 15:20 | 42165 | 0.0000 | 35786 | 35788 | 1436.11 | 0.02 | 48 | 48° east | | 2023 Feb 12, 20:06 | 42164 | 0.0002 | 35778 | 35794 | 1436.07 | 0.02 | 286 | 48° east | | | Ariane 5 upper stage 2021-069D 49058 |
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Launched Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 02, 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 | |
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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. |
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2021-070 CZ 6 (Y-7) Taiyuan Space Centre | 2021 Aug 4, 11:01 | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 04, 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 04, 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 |
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Launched the KL-β satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 04, 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 |
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Chinese military or government communications satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Aug 05, 19:04 | 24384 | 0.7307 | 189 | 35822 | 631.55 | 27.15 | 179 | | | 2021 Aug 05, 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° east | | 2023 Feb 12, 15:31 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35780 | 35794 | 1436.13 | 0.03 | 57 | 98° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-071B 49063 |
Re-entered - 2021 Nov 22 Life 109 days
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Launched Zhongxing 2E. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 08, 00:51 | 23832 | 0.7252 | 172 | 34737 | 610.26 | 27.10 | 180 | | | |
2021-072 Antares 230+ Wallops Flight Facility | 2021 Aug 10, 22:01 | Cygnus NG-16 (SS Ellison Onizuka) 2021-072A 49064 |
Re-entered - 2021 Dec 15 Life 127 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched SS Ellison Onizuka. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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) |
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Indian remote sensing satellite aimed at GEO transfer orbit. Lost when the launch vehicle third stage engine failed to ignite correctly. |
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2021-073 Vega (VV-19) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise | 2021 Aug 17, 01:47 | BRO 4 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter 4) 2021-073A 49066 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Aug 20 Life 1099 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2024 Sep 5 Life 1115 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched pair of Tianhui 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb.
One of 34 similar satellites carried on this launch. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 | Internet Connectivity Test Satellite (Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan) 2021-076A 49112 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 04:00 | 7477 | 0.0014 | 1089 | 1109 | 107.24 | 86.41 | 288 | | | | TJS 8? (Communication Technology Test Satellite 8?) 2021-076B 49113 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 04:34 | 7242 | 0.0022 | 848 | 880 | 102.22 | 86.41 | 77 | | | | Internet Connectivity Test Satellite (Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan) 2021-076C 49114 |
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Demonstrator satellite for Chinese government communications system for use by Internet-connected devices. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 05, 04:09 | 7477 | 0.0017 | 1086 | 1112 | 107.24 | 86.41 | 283 | | | | YZ-1S rocket stage uncatalogued |
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Launched TJS 8 and a pair of Internet Connectivity Test Satellites. Caused to re-enter after releasing satellites - re-entry plasma trail observed from South Africa at about 15:25 UTC. |
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable | |
2021-077 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre | 2021 Aug 24, 15:41 | TJS 7 (Communication Technology Test Satellite 7) 2021-077A 49115 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 16:17 | 42164 | 0.0001 | 35781 | 35791 | 1436.07 | 1.00 | 263 | 147° east | | 2022 Oct 28, 20:36 | 42166 | 0.0002 | 35779 | 35796 | 1436.15 | 0.06 | 44 | 147° east | | 2022 Nov 01, 10:53 | 41833 | 0.0003 | 35442 | 35469 | 1419.20 | 0.07 | 92 | 156° east | | 2022 Nov 13, 18:39 | 41832 | 0.0003 | 35440 | 35469 | 1419.15 | 0.09 | 104 | 151° west | | 2022 Nov 25, 11:31 | 41832 | 0.0003 | 35440 | 35467 | 1419.11 | 0.12 | 120 | 101° west | | 2022 Nov 26, 14:56 | 42163 | 0.0002 | 35776 | 35794 | 1436.00 | 0.12 | 76 | 99° west | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-077B 49116 |
Re-entered - 2021 Nov 13 Life 81 days
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Launched TJS-7. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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. |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Aug 29, 09:09 | 6601 | 0.0024 | 207 | 239 | 88.96 | 51.64 | 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
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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
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Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-23 2021 September 30 prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 01, 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 | |
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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). |
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2021-079 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre | 2021 Sep 7, 03:01 | Gaofen 5-02 2021-079A 49122 |
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Environmental satellite with multi-spectral imaging equipment and detectors for greenhouse gasses, infrared radiation and trace gasses. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Sep 07, 13:57 | 7064 | 0.0009 | 680 | 692 | 98.47 | 98.28 | 254 | 10:20 | | 2021 Sep 08, 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 |
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Launched Gaofen 5-02. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Sep 07, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Sep 09, 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° east | | 2023 Feb 13, 01:32 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35781 | 35793 | 1436.12 | 0.01 | 201 | 101° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-080B 49126 |
Re-entered - 2022 May 12 Life 245 days
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Launched Zhongxing 9B. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Cosmos 2251. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Sep 09, 22:50 | 6677 | 0.0012 | 291 | 307 | 90.50 | 96.35 | 275 | | | |
2021-082 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 2-1) Vandenberg Space Force Base | 2021 Sep 14, 03:55 | Starlink 3096 2021-082B 49131 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched cluster of Starlinks. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Broadband distribution satellite for the UK company OneWeb.
One of 36 similar satellites carried on this launch. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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
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Separated from Crew Dragon Inspiration 4 on September 18, prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 Wenchang Space Centre | 2021 Sep 20, 07:10 | |
Re-entered - 2022 Jul 27 Life 310 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Tianzhou 3. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | 12:40 | | | Kuaizhou 1A fourth stage 2021-086B 49257 |
Re-entered - 2021 Oct 11 Life 14 days
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Launched Jilin-1 High Resolution 02D. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 03:56 | 26562 | 0.7040 | 1485 | 38882 | 718.04 | 63.60 | 269 | | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-087B 49259 |
Re-entered - 2022 Aug 14 Life 321 days
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 10:12 | | 2023 Feb 13, 03:29 | 7081 | 0.0001 | 702 | 703 | 98.82 | 98.20 | 95 | 10:12 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 05, 09:25 | 6589 | 0.0025 | 195 | 227 | 88.72 | 51.64 | 80 | | | 2021 Oct 05, 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
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Launched Soyuz MS-19. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 05, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 07, 03:59 | 6796 | 0.0006 | 413 | 421 | 92.92 | 51.64 | 102 | | | | |
Re-entered - 2022 Aug 4 Life 302 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Oct 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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Solar studies satellite in sun-synchronous orbit with LTDN set to permit near-continuous observation of the Sun. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 02, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Small satellite from Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co measuring atmospheric density in LEO. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
estimated orbit | 6891 | 0.0014 | 503 | 523 | 94.88 | 97.46 | 266 | | | | |
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Small satellite testing equipment to enhance precision for users of the Beidou Navigation system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
estimated orbit | 6891 | 0.0014 | 503 | 523 | 94.88 | 97.46 | 266 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Shenzhou 13. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Released from Shenzhou 13 2022 Apr 15, 01:06 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 |
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Launched Lucy. |
Heliocentric orbit | |
2021-F08 - failed to reach orbit KSLV-II (Nuri) Naro Space Centre, South Korea | 2021 Oct 21, 08:00 | |
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Launched on test mission of KSLV-II rocket. Lost when the launch vehicle upper stage shut down early and failed to attain orbital velocity. |
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2021-094 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre | 2021 Oct 24, 01:27 | Shijian 21 payload 1 (Practice 21) 2021-094A 49330 |
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Test satellite described as "…demonstrating technologies to alleviate and neutralize space debris". Moved to geosynchronous drift orbit probably Oct 24 or 25. Until 2021 Dec 26, orbited alongside 2021-094C which it approached closely on several occasions. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 02, 17:15 | 42246 | 0.0002 | 35860 | 35875 | 1440.23 | 8.11 | 39 | 156° east | | 2021 Dec 16, 15:11 | 42313 | 0.0012 | 35885 | 35986 | 1443.70 | 8.19 | 209 | 107° east | | 2021 Dec 23, 13:33 | 42313 | 0.0012 | 35885 | 35986 | 1443.70 | 8.20 | 210 | 94° east | | 2021 Dec 24, 10:17 | 42466 | 0.0006 | 36064 | 36111 | 1451.50 | 8.20 | 161 | 91° east | | 2021 Dec 27, 02:54 | 42136 | 0.0101 | 35334 | 36182 | 1434.64 | 8.20 | 238 | 90° east | | 2022 Jan 10, 18:00 | 42165 | 0.0094 | 35390 | 36184 | 1436.11 | 8.23 | 238 | 95° east | | 2022 Jan 17, 20:53 | 42084 | 0.0114 | 35227 | 36185 | 1431.99 | 8.24 | 239 | 95° east | | 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 | 14° east | | 2022 Nov 01, 20:55 | 42131 | 0.0109 | 35296 | 36210 | 1434.37 | 8.71 | 18 | 163° east | | 2022 Nov 02, 14:36 | 42196 | 0.0093 | 35424 | 36211 | 1437.69 | 8.71 | 20 | 163° east | | 2023 Jan 18, 21:21 | 42206 | 0.0095 | 35428 | 36227 | 1438.20 | 8.85 | 21 | 130° east | | | Shijian 21 payload 2 (Practice 21) 2021-094C 49382 |
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Secondary satellite in the Shijian 21 mission. Appears to have separated from Shijian 21 on Nov 1 at around 15:00 UTC. On Nov 3, Space-Track gave it the name 'SJ-21 AKM' implying it is a rocket engine - the interpretation may be incorrect. Used its thrusters to make small orbital changes about two months after launch. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Nov 02, 17:33 | 42246 | 0.0002 | 35860 | 35876 | 1440.26 | 8.12 | 27 | 156° east | | 2021 Dec 15, 03:33 | 42264 | 0.0001 | 35880 | 35892 | 1441.18 | 8.19 | 292 | 110° east | | 2021 Dec 20, 18:26 | 42314 | 0.0012 | 35887 | 35985 | 1443.73 | 8.20 | 209 | 99° east | | 2021 Dec 24, 16:26 | 42467 | 0.0005 | 36066 | 36111 | 1451.56 | 7.48 | 143 | 90° east | | 2023 Jan 19, 05:40 | 42465 | 0.0007 | 36059 | 36115 | 1451.48 | 8.92 | 171 | 37° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-094B 49331 |
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Launched Shijian 21. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 06:14 | 24644 | 0.7141 | 668 | 35864 | 641.70 | 5.90 | 173 | | | 2021 Dec 03, 03:47 | 27852 | 0.6324 | 3860 | 39087 | 770.97 | 5.23 | 183 | | | 2022 Jan 03, 16:59 | 32348 | 0.5407 | 8481 | 43459 | 965.00 | 3.65 | 188 | | | 2022 Feb 01, 17:18 | 35615 | 0.4092 | 14664 | 43808 | 1114.81 | 2.44 | 190 | | | 2022 Mar 01, 13:23 | 39587 | 0.2797 | 22135 | 44283 | 1306.42 | 1.47 | 193 | | | 2022 Apr 05, 07:12 | 41511 | 0.1148 | 30368 | 39897 | 1402.82 | 0.56 | 192 | | | 2022 May 02, 19:12 | 42163 | 0.0000 | 35783 | 35787 | 1435.99 | 0.02 | 213 | 67° west | | | Syracuse 4A (SYstème de RAdioCommunication Utilisant un SatellitE) 2021-095B 49333 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 01, 05:28 | 24509 | 0.7184 | 523 | 35739 | 636.42 | 5.92 | 173 | | | 2021 Dec 02, 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 03, 19:12 | 38682 | 0.3667 | 18119 | 46487 | 1261.87 | 1.88 | 205 | | | 2022 Apr 03, 12:00 | 40880 | 0.2118 | 25844 | 43160 | 1370.96 | 0.98 | 207 | | | 2022 May 02, 14:24 | 42029 | 0.0420 | 33885 | 37417 | 1429.16 | 0.28 | 201 | 40° east | | 2022 May 25, 13:16 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35783 | 35790 | 1436.09 | 0.02 | 77 | 46° east | | | Ariane 5 upper stage 2021-095D 49335 |
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Launched SES 17 and Syracuse 4A. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Quasi Zenith Satellite System satellite providing a timing and positioning service to improve navigational accuracy for users in Japan from 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 ) | ecc | 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° east | | | H-IIA upper stage 2021-096B 49337 |
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Launched Michibiki 5. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 fourth stage 2021-097B 49339 |
Re-entered - 2021 Oct 30 Life 3 days
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Launched Jilin-1 High Resolution 02F. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 51.64 | 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
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Launched Progress MS-18. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Nov 03, 12:23 | 7074 | 0.0010 | 689 | 703 | 98.69 | 98.09 | 229 | 14:00 | | 2023 Feb 13, 11:19 | 7072 | 0.0002 | 693 | 695 | 98.64 | 98.14 | 87 | 13:46 | | | Yaogan 32-02B 2021-099B 49384 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Nov 03, 10:48 | 7074 | 0.0010 | 689 | 703 | 98.69 | 98.09 | 241 | 14:00 | | 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
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Launched Yaogan 32-02 satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 03, 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 |
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Satellite from the Shanghai Microsatellite Engineering Center to gather data on environmental changes brought about by human activity. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | Desc Node Local Time | |
2021 Nov 05, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 07, 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
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Launched Yaogan 35 group 1. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 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 |
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Small satellite carrying six separate packages of equipment as demonstrators for future satellite buiding technology. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 22:42 | 6941 | 0.0015 | 553 | 573 | 95.92 | 97.56 | 254 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 97.50 | 129 | | | | Hibari (Skylark) 2021-102F 49400 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 22:41 | 6939 | 0.0018 | 548 | 573 | 95.86 | 97.56 | 247 | | | | DRUMS (Debris Removal Unprecedented Microsatellite) 2021-102G 49401 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2024 Feb 12, 16:19 | 6919 | 0.0019 | 528 | 554 | 95.46 | 97.45 | 322 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Nov 09, 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
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Launched RAISE 2 and eight smaller satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 06:02 | 6795 | 0.0003 | 415 | 419 | 92.91 | 51.64 | 88 | | | 2022 May 05, 09:03 | 6689 | 0.0145 | 214 | 408 | 90.75 | 51.63 | 57 | | | | Crew Dragon trunk module 2021-103B 52508 |
Re-entered - 2022 May 21 Life 191 days
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Separated from Dragon Crew 3 2022 May 6 prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2022 May 08, 14:23 | 6680 | 0.0137 | 210 | 394 | 90.56 | 51.33 | 71 | | | | Falcon 9 upper stage uncatalogued |
Re-entered - 2021 Nov 11 Life <1 day
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Launched Dragon Crew 3. Caused to re- enter above the Indian Ocean about 45 mins after lift-off. |
Not Catalogued - orbit parameters unavailable | |
2021-104 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 4-1) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Nov 13, 12:19 | Starlink 3151 2021-104A 49408 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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, 06:15 | 7051 | 0.0000 | 672 | 673 | 98.20 | 75.00 | 252 | | | 2023 Jul 25, 21:14 | 7048 | 0.0000 | 670 | 670 | 98.15 | 75.00 | 139 | | | | CERES 2 (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) 2021-105B 49465 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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, 06:15 | 7051 | 0.0000 | 672 | 673 | 98.20 | 75.00 | 258 | | | 2023 Jul 25, 21:14 | 7048 | 0.0002 | 669 | 671 | 98.15 | 75.01 | 98 | | | | CERES 3 (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) 2021-105C 49466 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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, 06:18 | 7050 | 0.0001 | 672 | 673 | 98.19 | 75.00 | 250 | | | 2023 Jul 25, 21:14 | 7048 | 0.0002 | 669 | 672 | 98.15 | 75.00 | 200 | | | | Vega upper stage (AVUM) 2021-105D 49467 |
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Launched triplet of French military CERES satellites. Orbit lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 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
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Launched Gaofen 11-03. Orbit lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 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 |
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Launched Gaofen 3-02. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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Launched Progress M-UM. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 fourth stage 2021-112B 49502 |
Re-entered - 2021 Dec 22 Life 28 days
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Launched Shiyan 11. Perigee lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 02, 16:48 | 26524 | 0.6978 | 1638 | 38654 | 716.51 | 63.80 | 270 | | | 2021 Dec 05, 12:31 | 26549 | 0.6986 | 1625 | 38718 | 717.53 | 63.78 | 270 | | | | Fregat rocket stage 2021-113B 49504 |
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Launched Cosmos 2552/EKS 5. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 20:54 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35781 | 35792 | 1436.10 | 1.95 | 229 | 130° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-114B 49506 |
Re-entered - 2023 May 10 Life 530 days
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Launched Zhongxing 1D. Orbit lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 4-3) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 2021 Dec 2, 23:12 | Starlink 3219 2021-115A 49724 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 08, 12:00 | 6816 | 0.0005 | 435 | 441 | 93.34 | 53.22 | 270 | | | | BlackSky 12 (Global 12) 2021-115BA 49772 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 07, 13:23 | 6811 | 0.0012 | 425 | 442 | 93.24 | 53.22 | 306 | | | | BlackSky 13 (Global 13) 2021-115BB 49773 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 07, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 06, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 05, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 05, 00:24 | 18268 | 0.6349 | 292 | 23487 | 409.53 | 56.23 | 59 | | | 2021 Dec 06, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
Re-entered - 2023 Aug 1 Life 602 days
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 07, 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Small satellite from Tianjin University equipped with an infrared imager, possibly for astronomy. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Dec 08, 17:44 | 42482 | 0.0002 | 36096 | 36112 | 1452.34 | 0.07 | 251 | 88° west | | 2021 Dec 14, 10:20 | 42311 | 0.0019 | 35853 | 36012 | 1443.57 | 0.02 | 121 | 107° west | | 2021 Dec 16, 07:03 | 42308 | 0.0014 | 35870 | 35989 | 1443.40 | 0.02 | 148 | 110° west | | 2021 Dec 17, 16:03 | 42222 | 0.0005 | 35824 | 35864 | 1439.04 | 0.02 | 251 | 111° west | | 2021 Dec 19, 11:19 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35784 | 35790 | 1436.10 | 0.02 | 353 | 112° west | | | LDPE 1 (Long Duration Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter) 2021-118B 49818 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2021 Dec 08, 17:45 | 42484 | 0.0004 | 36087 | 36125 | 1452.45 | 0.07 | 14 | 88° west | | 2021 Dec 14, 13:09 | 42509 | 0.0005 | 36112 | 36150 | 1453.71 | 0.05 | 339 | 112° west | | 2021 Dec 15, 16:15 | 42441 | 0.0019 | 35984 | 36141 | 1450.21 | 0.02 | 5 | 116° west | | 2021 Dec 16, 10:28 | 42357 | 0.0004 | 35963 | 35996 | 1445.95 | 0.01 | 293 | 118° west | | 2022 Jan 01, 14:18 | 42355 | 0.0004 | 35960 | 35994 | 1445.85 | 0.06 | 352 | 158° west | | 2022 Jan 17, 20:05 | 42354 | 0.0003 | 35961 | 35990 | 1445.76 | 0.09 | 18 | 163° east | | 2022 Jan 25, 16:48 | 41899 | 0.0001 | 35518 | 35523 | 1422.53 | 0.12 | 347 | 172° west | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2022 Jan 26, 11:11 | 41899 | 0.0001 | 35517 | 35524 | 1422.53 | 0.11 | 341 | 170° west | | 2022 Feb 01, 11:42 | 41897 | 0.0002 | 35511 | 35527 | 1422.46 | 0.12 | 146 | 149° west | | | Atlas upper stage 2021-118C 49819 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 08, 14:13 | 43768 | 0.0289 | 36126 | 38655 | 1518.79 | 0.05 | 89 | | | | Unidentified Object 2021-118D 50214 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 08, 08:07 | 6588 | 0.0027 | 192 | 228 | 88.70 | 51.65 | 76 | | | 2021 Dec 08, 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
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Launched Soyuz MS-20. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 08, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 09, 08:24 | 6813 | 0.0008 | 429 | 440 | 93.27 | 42.02 | 275 | | | | BlackSky 16 (Global 16) 2021-120B 49950 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 09, 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
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Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 09, 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
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Launched pair of BlackSky Global Gen 2 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 09, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 09, 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
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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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 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 06, 22:03 | 6925 | 0.0001 | 546 | 548 | 95.59 | 97.33 | 59 | 05:57 | | | Shijian 6-05B (Practice 6-05B) 2021-122B 49962 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 09, 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 06, 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
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Launched pair of Shijian 6 satellites. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 06, 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 01, 01:35 | 41937 | 0.2456 | 25257 | 45861 | 1424.48 | 0.50 | 184 | | | 2022 Mar 01, 22:24 | 42163 | 0.0429 | 33978 | 37593 | 1436.03 | 0.08 | 158 | 141° east | | 2022 Mar 11, 03:05 | 42165 | 0.0003 | 35773 | 35801 | 1436.12 | 0.06 | 222 | 145° east | | | Express-AMU3 2021-123B 50002 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 06, 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 01, 14:24 | 42222 | 0.2818 | 23947 | 47740 | 1439.00 | 0.61 | 181 | | | 2022 Mar 01, 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 | 102° east | | 2022 Mar 24, 05:01 | 42164 | 0.0001 | 35782 | 35789 | 1436.05 | 0.02 | 27 | 103° east | | | Briz-M rocket stage 2021-123C 50003 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Discarded auxilliary propellant tank from Briz-M that launched Express-AMU7 and Express-AMU3. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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° east | | 2023 Feb 13, 07:01 | 42164 | 0.0003 | 35774 | 35797 | 1436.05 | 1.93 | 32 | 171° east | | | CZ 3 B upper stage 2021-124B 50006 |
Re-entered - 2024 Feb 3 Life 782 days
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Launched Tianlian 2-02. Orbit lowered after releasing satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 | |
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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. |
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2021-125 Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink Group 4-4) Vandenberg Space Force Base | 2021 Dec 18, 12:41 | Starlink 3317 2021-125A 50156 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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 | |
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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.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 03, 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 03, 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 07, 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 07, 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 08, 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 | 42° east | | 2022 May 13, 11:56 | 42165 | 0.0003 | 35773 | 35800 | 1436.09 | 0.08 | 59 | 42° east | | | Falcon 9 upper stage 2021-126B 50213 |
Re-entered - 2022 Mar 8 Life 79 days
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Launched Türksat 5B.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 | 51.64 | 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
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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
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Separated from Dragon 2 CRS-2 2022 January 24 prior to retrofire. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 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 01, 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 | | | | H-IIA upper stage 2021-128B 50320 |
Re-entered - 2022 Feb 8 Life 48 days
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Launched Inmarsat 6 F1. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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° east | | 2022 Jan 09, 04:07 | 42205 | 0.0001 | 35822 | 35831 | 1438.13 | 0.51 | 18 | 94° east | | 2022 Feb 24, 21:29 | 42181 | 0.0000 | 35802 | 35803 | 1436.93 | 0.40 | 292 | 69° east | | 2022 Mar 03, 12:43 | 42192 | 0.0003 | 35802 | 35826 | 1437.50 | 0.38 | 0 | 68° east | | 2022 Mar 07, 22:14 | 42173 | 0.0006 | 35769 | 35821 | 1436.54 | 0.37 | 319 | 67° east | | 2022 Mar 14, 22:34 | 42190 | 0.0002 | 35804 | 35820 | 1437.39 | 0.36 | 314 | 66° east | | 2022 Mar 24, 13:20 | 42190 | 0.0002 | 35805 | 35819 | 1437.38 | 0.33 | 290 | 63° east | | 2022 Apr 03, 21:21 | 42189 | 0.0002 | 35803 | 35818 | 1437.32 | 0.31 | 296 | 59° east | | 2022 Apr 13, 17:08 | 42188 | 0.0002 | 35803 | 35817 | 1437.28 | 0.29 | 286 | 57° east | | 2022 Apr 23, 17:15 | 42187 | 0.0002 | 35800 | 35818 | 1437.24 | 0.26 | 271 | 54° east | | 2022 May 03, 19:29 | 42186 | 0.0002 | 35799 | 35816 | 1437.17 | 0.24 | 281 | 51° east | | 2022 May 13, 11:58 | 42185 | 0.0002 | 35797 | 35816 | 1437.11 | 0.22 | 272 | 48° east | | 2022 May 23, 13:03 | 42183 | 0.0003 | 35794 | 35817 | 1437.05 | 0.19 | 275 | 46° east | | 2022 May 30, 02:19 | 42182 | 0.0003 | 35793 | 35815 | 1436.99 | 0.18 | 284 | 44° east | | 2022 Jun 08, 11:20 | 42181 | 0.0003 | 35791 | 35815 | 1436.93 | 0.16 | 285 | 42° east | | 2022 Jun 26, 13:17 | 42199 | 0.0002 | 35814 | 35827 | 1437.83 | 0.13 | 163 | 39° east | | 2022 Aug 18, 22:16 | 42165 | 0.0004 | 35771 | 35801 | 1436.09 | 0.12 | 59 | 17° east | | 2022 Aug 21, 05:27 | 42140 | 0.0002 | 35753 | 35771 | 1434.83 | 0.12 | 234 | 17° east | | 2022 Nov 30, 19:59 | 42081 | 0.0010 | 35661 | 35746 | 1431.84 | 0.34 | 221 | 68° east | | 2022 Dec 07, 17:59 | 42059 | 0.0006 | 35658 | 35705 | 1430.71 | 0.36 | 208 | 76° east | | 2022 Dec 12, 14:36 | 42125 | 0.0000 | 35745 | 35749 | 1434.08 | 0.37 | 23 | 81° east | | 2023 Mar 11, 22:46 | 42099 | 0.0001 | 35716 | 35725 | 1432.74 | 0.59 | 261 | 131° east | | 2023 May 08, 13:57 | 42210 | 0.0000 | 35831 | 35833 | 1438.42 | 0.74 | 271 | 179° east | | | Shiyan 12-02 (Test 12-02) 2021-129B 50322 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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° east | | 2022 Jan 08, 14:23 | 42204 | 0.0001 | 35820 | 35832 | 1438.12 | 0.51 | 27 | 94° east | | 2022 Feb 13, 17:28 | 42178 | 0.0006 | 35775 | 35824 | 1436.77 | 0.43 | 346 | 76° east | | 2022 Feb 17, 22:51 | 42216 | 0.0004 | 35822 | 35853 | 1438.70 | 0.42 | 136 | 75° east | | 2022 Feb 25, 17:44 | 42198 | 0.0003 | 35809 | 35831 | 1437.78 | 0.40 | 66 | 69° east | | 2022 Feb 26, 17:44 | 42180 | 0.0001 | 35797 | 35806 | 1436.87 | 0.40 | 213 | 69° east | | 2022 Mar 03, 04:51 | 42154 | 0.0005 | 35756 | 35797 | 1435.57 | 0.38 | 16 | 68° east | | 2022 Jun 25, 16:48 | 42112 | 0.0004 | 35717 | 35751 | 1433.41 | 0.13 | 140 | 104° east | | 2022 Jul 03, 13:33 | 42124 | 0.0001 | 35740 | 35752 | 1434.03 | 0.12 | 145 | 108° east | | 2022 Nov 28, 17:01 | 42166 | 0.0004 | 35771 | 35804 | 1436.14 | 0.33 | 278 | 179° east | | 2022 Dec 02, 15:09 | 42247 | 0.0007 | 35839 | 35899 | 1440.30 | 0.34 | 162 | 178° east | | 2023 Jan 10, 14:36 | 42204 | 0.0003 | 35813 | 35838 | 1438.08 | 0.44 | 319 | 138° east | | 2023 Feb 10, 01:03 | 42196 | 0.0002 | 35811 | 35825 | 1437.71 | 0.51 | 2 | 122° east | | 2023 May 24, 16:41 | 42225 | 0.0001 | 35845 | 35849 | 1439.18 | 0.78 | 321 | 44° east | | 2023 Jun 03, 22:32 | 42224 | 0.0001 | 35841 | 35850 | 1439.12 | 0.81 | 350 | 36° east | | 2023 Jun 13, 11:55 | 42223 | 0.0001 | 35841 | 35848 | 1439.05 | 0.83 | 11 | 29° east | | 2023 Jun 22, 12:38 | 42221 | 0.0001 | 35840 | 35846 | 1438.98 | 0.85 | 21 | 22° east | | | CZ 7A upper stage 2021-129C 50323 |
Re-entered - 2022 Jan 7 Life 15 days
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Launched Shiyan 12 satellite pair. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 07, 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 |
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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 |
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Launched James Webb Telescope. |
Heliocentric orbit | |
2021-131 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre | 2021 Dec 26, 03:11 | Ziyuan-1 02E 2021-131A 50465 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 03, 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 |
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Launched Ziyuan-1 02E and XW-3. Perigee lowered after releasing satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | 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 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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
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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
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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 ) | ecc | 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 05, 20:09 | 6491 | 0.0007 | 108 | 118 | 86.74 | 63.39 | 276 | | | |
2021-134 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre | 2021 Dec 29, 11:13 | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 29, 17:36 | 6869 | 0.0011 | 483 | 498 | 94.42 | 89.00 | 289 | | | 2022 Jan 08, 11:52 | 6869 | 0.0010 | 484 | 498 | 94.43 | 89.00 | 235 | | | | |
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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 ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 29, 17:36 | 6869 | 0.0010 | 484 | 498 | 94.43 | 89.00 | 284 | | | | CZ 2D second stage uncatalogued |
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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 | TJS 9 (Communication Technology Test Satellite 9) 2021-135A 50574 |
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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 ) | ecc | 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 07, 13:31 | 42165 | 0.0004 | 35771 | 35803 | 1436.11 | 0.11 | 354 | 137° east | | 2023 Feb 13, 14:50 | 42165 | 0.0002 | 35777 | 35796 | 1436.10 | 0.07 | 47 | 137° east | | | CZ 3B fourth stage 2021-135B 50575 |
Re-entered - 2022 Sep 15 Life 260 days
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Launched TJS 9. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2021 Dec 29, 20:07 | 23629 | 0.7245 | 131 | 34371 | 602.47 | 27.07 | 178 | | | |
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