GLOBAL-4

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite GLOBAL-4 at a glance.

Uptime

2038

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

45.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for GLOBAL-4.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: GLOBAL-4

International designator: 2019-054E

Object number (NORAD): 44499

Object ID (CCSDS): 44499

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 93.42 minutes

Inclination: 45.0119 deg

SMA: 6820.045 km

Apoapsis: 447.894 km

Periapsis: 435.926 km

RAAN: 283.9775 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0008774

Argument of periapsis: 224.9436 deg

Mean anomaly: 135.0743 deg

Mean motion: 15.41423102 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00046776 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0010949 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 17, 2025, 10:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 17, 2025, 8:32 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 GLOBAL-4

TLE line 1: 1 44499U 19054E 25076.85594310 .00046776 00000-0 10949-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 44499 45.0119 283.9775 0008774 224.9436 135.0743 15.41423102309726

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite GLOBAL-4.

Associated space launch

Mission carries a satellite for the future UNSEENLABS maritime tracking constellation, a BlackSky Global-4 Earth observation satellite, and two experimental satellites for United States Air Force Space Command.

GLOBAL-4 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 19, 2019, 12:12 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)
Electron | Look Ma, No Hands (Rideshare)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 19, 2019, 12:12 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Electron

Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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