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Launch · COSPAR 1998-046 · 02 Aug 1998

ORBCOMM FM17

Eastern Range Airspace (air launch) · US28.50°, -78.00°

Payloads

8

Catalogued objects

22

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

10

Decayed

12

55% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 22

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Payload Payload · 8

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ORBCOMM FM17ORBCOMM254131998-046AUnknownLEO768 / 775 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM18ORBCOMM254141998-046BUnknownLEO755 / 763 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM19ORBCOMM254151998-046CActiveLEO756 / 763 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM20ORBCOMM254161998-046DActiveLEO763 / 766 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16ORBCOMM254171998-046EUnknownLEO754 / 762 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM15ORBCOMM254181998-046FUnknownLEO756 / 763 km45.00°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM14ORBCOMM254191998-046GUnknownLEO755 / 760 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM13ORBCOMM254201998-046HUnknownLEO758 / 767 km45.00°on orbitORBCOMM

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
PEGASUS R/B(1)254211998-046JDecayedLEO135 / 156 km44.89°05 Jan 1999—
PEGASUS R/B(2)254221998-046KDecayedLEO160 / 162 km42.55°15 Dec 2000—

Debris Debris · 12

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440171998-046LDecayedLEO370 / 664 km45.45°26 Aug 2019ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440181998-046MDecayedLEO488 / 667 km45.34°11 Jan 2023ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440191998-046NDecayedLEO559 / 794 km45.41°13 Apr 2023ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440201998-046PDecayedLEO336 / 402 km45.18°19 Aug 2021ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440211998-046QDecayedLEO275 / 300 km45.64°05 May 2019ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440221998-046RDecayedLEO444 / 587 km45.41°15 Mar 2021ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440231998-046SInactiveLEO770 / 780 km45.00°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440241998-046TInactiveLEO759 / 767 km44.99°on orbitORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440251998-046UDecayedLEO333 / 517 km45.32°17 May 2019ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440261998-046VDecayedLEO481 / 581 km45.26°20 Nov 2022ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440271998-046WDecayedLEO321 / 432 km45.32°31 Jul 2022ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM16 DEB440281998-046XDecayedLEO317 / 359 km45.26°21 Dec 2020ORBCOMM

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1998-046
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
02 Aug 1998
Launch site
Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)
Site code
ERAS
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYHJR7P34BWJDMNNHZ9

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1998-046; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.