Launch · COSPAR 1998-053 · 23 Sept 1998

ORBCOMM FM21

Name: Launch 1998-053 — ORBCOMM FM21
Start: 1998-09-23
Location: Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

10% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 10

Payload Payload · 8

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ORBCOMM FM21 ORBCOMM	25475	1998-053A	Unknown	LEO	762 / 766 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM22 ORBCOMM	25476	1998-053B	Unknown	LEO	756 / 763 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM23 ORBCOMM	25477	1998-053C	Unknown	LEO	760 / 766 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM24 ORBCOMM	25478	1998-053D	Unknown	LEO	758 / 764 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM25 ORBCOMM	25479	1998-053E	Unknown	LEO	757 / 765 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM26 ORBCOMM	25480	1998-053F	Unknown	LEO	761 / 769 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM27 ORBCOMM	25481	1998-053G	Active	LEO	759 / 763 km	45.01°	on orbit	ORBCOMM
ORBCOMM FM28 ORBCOMM	25482	1998-053H	Unknown	LEO	758 / 764 km	45.00°	on orbit	ORBCOMM

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
PEGASUS R/B(1)	25483	1998-053J	Decayed	LEO	146 / 161 km	44.95°	08 Nov 1998	—
PEGASUS R/B(2)	25484	1998-053K	Inactive	LEO	702 / 792 km	44.53°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1998-053; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.