Launch · COSPAR 2021-120 · 09 Dec 2021

GLOBAL-17

Name: Launch 2021-120 — GLOBAL-17
Start: 2021-12-09
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

60% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 5

Payload Payload · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
GLOBAL-17 BlackSky Global / Gen-3	49949	2021-120A	Active	LEO	387 / 408 km	41.99°	on orbit	BlackSky
GLOBAL-16 BlackSky Global / Gen-3	49950	2021-120B	Active	LEO	396 / 414 km	41.99°	on orbit	BlackSky

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ELECTRON R/B	49952	2021-120D	Decayed	LEO	132 / 152 km	42.00°	17 Dec 2021	—
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B	49953	2021-120E	Decayed	LEO	144 / 213 km	42.02°	14 Dec 2021	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ELECTRON DEB	49951	2021-120C	Decayed	LEO	204 / 211 km	41.99°	21 Mar 2022	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2021-120; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.