Payload
PELICAN-2
OperationalPayloadLEO
PELICAN-2 is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 14, 2025 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 14, 2025 at 07:09 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 444 km
- Periapsis
- 444 km
- Inclination
- 97.28°
- Orbital period
- 93.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 160 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-009Y
- NORAD catalog №
- 62631
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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