Launch Details

Launched	2 January 2023
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Category	Active satellites
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	South Africa
NORAD ID	55053
COSPAR ID	2023-001AW
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.354°
Eccentricity	0.00116
RA ascending node	1.901 hr
Argument perigee	115.547°
Mean anomaly	244.697°
Orbital period	94.095 min
Epoch of osculation	27 Nov 2025, 02:01

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	473.9 km
Mean Altitude	481.9 km
Peak Altitude	489.8 km

Launched alongside

STAR VIBE MENUT BRO-8 CONNECTA T1.2 LEMUR-2-PHILARI LEMUR-2-DISCLAIMER BIRKELAND OBJECT H LEMUR-2-STEVEALBERS KSF3-C KSF3-B FLOCK 4Y-24 FLOCK 4Y-32 FLOCK 4Y-22 FLOCK 4Y-18 FLOCK 4Y-14 FLOCK 4Y-30 FLOCK 4Y-19 FLOCK 4Y-25 FLOCK 4Y-5 FLOCK 4Y-10 FLOCK 4Y-29 FLOCK 4Y-17 FLOCK 4Y-7 FLOCK 4Y-28 LYNK TOWER 4 FLOCK 4Y-3 UMBRA-05 LEMUR-2-EMMACULATE LEMUR-2-MMOLO FLOCK 4Y-1 FLOCK 4Y-16 SKYKRAFT-1 FLOCK 4Y-33 FLOCK 4Y-11 STERNULA-1 NUSAT-34 LYNK TOWER 3 NUSAT-33 NUSAT-35 ICEYE-X21 UMBRA-04 ION SCV-008 SKYKRAFT-1D SKYKRAFT-1A FLOCK 4Y-4 VIGORIDE-5 FLOCK 4Y-35 SKYKRAFT-1B ORBITER SN1 ION SCV-007 SKYKRAFT-1C ICEYE-X27 FLOCK 4Y-20 NUSAT-32 FLOCK 4Y-12 FLOCK 4Y-6 NSL-2 FLOCK 4Y-15 FLOCK 4Y-9 FLOCK 4Y-26 FLOCK 4Y-8 SPHERE-1 EYE TAUSAT-2 FLOCK 4Y-2 FLOCK 4Y-31 YAM-5 FLOCK 4Y-21 FLOCK 4Y-36 FLOCK 4Y-13 FLOCK 4Y-23 OBJECT CA FLOCK 4Y-34 FLOCK 4Y-27 GAMA-ALPHA KSF3-D KSF3-A SPACEBEE-167 LEMUR-2-FUENTETAJA-01 SPACEBEE-163 OBJECT CK SPACEBEE-164 SPACEBEE-166 HUYGENS SPACEBEE-165 SPACEBEE-162 SPACEBEE-161 SPACEBEE-160 BDSAT-2 SPACEBEE-156 SPACEBEE-158 SPACEBEE-159 SPACEBEE-157 KUWAITSAT-1 SHARJAHSAT-1 FUTURA-SM1 FUTURA-SM3 AAC-AIS-SAT1 OBJECT DD ASTROCAST-0402 ASTROCAST-0401 ASTROCAST-0403 ASTROCAST-0404