Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT L at a glance.
Uptime
586
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT L.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT L
International designator: 2023-185L
Object number (NORAD): 58472
Object ID (CCSDS): 58472
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 91.517 minutes
Inclination: 97.3661 deg
SMA: 6727.096 km
Apoapsis: 350.846 km
Periapsis: 347.076 km
RAAN: 267.4092 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002802
Argument of periapsis: 296.8593 deg
Mean anomaly: 63.2384 deg
Mean motion: 15.73480315 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0012243 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00087146 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT L
TLE line 1: 1 58472U 23185L 25188.87387558 .00122430 00000-0 87146-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 58472 97.3661 267.4092 0002802 296.8593 63.2384 15.73480315 89600
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Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT L.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Note: Name of payload is provisional. First launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 satellite featuring an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) telescope. The other 4 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites are to be launched at a later date. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space. ESA's EIRSAT-1 is also onboard as a rideshare passenger. This 2U cubesat carries three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector to study some of the most luminous explosions in the universe.
OBJECT L was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 1, 2023, 6:19 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 4E.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | 425 Project Flight 1 & rideshare
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 1, 2023, 6:19 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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