GLOBAL-4

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite GLOBAL-4 at a glance.

Uptime

2176

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: 93.476 minutes

Inclination: 45.0099 deg

SMA: 6822.751 km

Apoapsis: 448.201 km

Periapsis: 441.032 km

RAAN: 238.743 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0005254

Argument of periapsis: 44.5274 deg

Mean anomaly: 315.6036 deg

Mean motion: 15.40506152 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00015176 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00037363 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 2, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 2, 2025, 1:09 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 GLOBAL-4

TLE line 1: 1 44499U 19054E 25214.54827894 .00015176 00000-0 37363-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 44499 45.0099 238.7430 0005254 44.5274 315.6036 15.40506152330951

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite GLOBAL-4.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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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