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COSPAR 2021-121A · NORAD 49954
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2021-12-09
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- AFETR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2021-121A
- NORAD ID
- 49,954
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 95.28 min
- Inclination
- 0.23°
- Apogee
- 537 km
- Perigee
- 527 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 95 minutes — about 15.1 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2021) turns 5 this year.