Photo: U.S. Air Force/Michael Peterson · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
In this flight, the Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the first six of a series of next generation OG2 satellites to an elliptical 750 x 615 km low-Earth orbit. The OG2 satellites are commercial telecommunications satellites, built by Sierra Nevada Corporation and weigh approximately 170 kg each.
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 6 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORBCOMM FM109 2014-040A | Payload | 696 × 697 km · 47.0° | Globe |
| ORBCOMM FM107 2014-040B | Payload | 695 × 697 km · 47.0° | Globe |
| ORBCOMM FM106 2014-040C | Payload | 647 × 671 km · 47.1° | Globe |
| ORBCOMM FM111 2014-040D | Payload | 581 × 620 km · 47.0° | Globe |
| ORBCOMM FM104 2014-040E | Payload | 689 × 714 km · 47.0° | Globe |
| ORBCOMM FM103 2014-040F | Payload | 695 × 698 km · 47.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2014-040. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).