OBJECT C

OBJECT C (NORAD ID 100127) is a space object catalogued under United States, launched on 2026-07-21 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, United States on the MRV/MEP launch. As a relatively recent addition to the catalogue, its orbital elements are well-characterised. It orbits in Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) at altitudes between 605 km and 45,258 km with an inclination of 24.8°. It travels at approximately 13,278 km/h (3.69 km/s), completing one full orbit every 13 hours 52 minutes — that’s roughly 1.73 orbits per day. Its orbital eccentricity of 0.7619 gives it a noticeably elliptical path, with significant altitude variation between perigee and apogee. Orbital Radar tracks OBJECT C in real time using the latest two-line element set (TLE) data, providing live position, altitude, speed and orbital path updated continuously.

OBJECT C follows a Highly Elliptical Orbit, sweeping between 605 km (perigee) and 45,258 km (apogee). It spends most of its 13 hours 52 minutes orbital period near apogee, effectively loitering over a region of interest before rapidly sweeping through perigee — a profile used for high-latitude communications (Molniya orbits), early-warning systems and magnetospheric science. Within ±50 km of OBJECT C’s average altitude, there are currently 0 active payloads and 3 tracked debris or rocket body fragments. This is a relatively sparse altitude band, containing less than 1% of all active satellites. With an inclination of 24.8°, OBJECT C passes over latitudes between 24.8°N and 24.8°S, covering the tropical and temperate zones where most of the world’s population resides. Low-to-mid inclination orbits are efficient to reach from equatorial and mid-latitude launch sites. United States operates approximately 13,196 active satellites in total.