Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · PO
Second mission launched by the Space Development Agency for the Tranche 0 Transport Layer.
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILDFIRE 4 2023-133A | Payload | 934 × 949 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| BB4 2023-133B | Payload | 600 × 612 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| WILDFIRE 3 2023-133C | Payload | 935 × 948 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| BB3 2023-133D | Payload | 603 × 609 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| WILDFIRE 7 2023-133E | Payload | 941 × 951 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| CHECKMATE 10 2023-133F | Payload | 939 × 950 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| WILDFIRE 6 2023-133G | Payload | 937 × 947 km · 81.0° | Globe |
| WILDFIRE 1 2023-133H | Payload | 938 × 949 km · 81.0° | Globe |
Show all 13 objects
COSPAR ID 2023-133 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).