Key statistics
Satellite FALCON 1 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
5997
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
9.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FALCON 1 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FALCON 1 R/B
International designator: 2009-037B
Object number (NORAD): 35579
Object ID (CCSDS): 35579
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.763 minutes
Inclination: 9.0456 deg
SMA: 6981.771 km
Apoapsis: 629.806 km
Periapsis: 577.465 km
RAAN: 31.5458 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00374839
Argument of periapsis: 43.2759 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.0372 deg
Mean motion: 14.88176355 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004062 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035190874 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 1:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FALCON 1 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 35579U 09037B 25347.56734687 .00004062 00000-0 35191-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35579 9.0456 31.5458 0037484 43.2759 317.0372 14.88176355887786
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FALCON 1 R/B.
Associated space launch
RazakSAT is a Malaysian Earth observation satellite carrying a high-resolution camera. It was the first and only operational satellite to be put in orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 1.
FALCON 1 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 1 | RazakSAT’, on board a Falcon 1 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. from Omelek Island.
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Falcon 1 | RazakSAT
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 1
Launch pad: Omelek Island
Location: Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
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