▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	51.6304°
Eccentricity	0.0006701
Period	93.0 min
Apogee	424 km
Perigee	415 km
Mean motion	15.48919590 rev/day
RAAN	204.9398°
Arg of perigee	262.7897°
Mean anomaly	97.2329°
B*	1.2438e-4
Rev at epoch	68,067

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 68689U 26079A 26187.41154683 .00006391 00000-0 12438-3 0 9997

2 68689 51.6304 204.9398 0006701 262.7897 97.2329 15.48919590680678

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "CYGNUS NG-24",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-079A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T09:52:37.646+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.4891959,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00067007,
  "INCLINATION": 51.6304,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 204.9398,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 262.7897,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 97.2329,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 68689,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 68067,
  "BSTAR": 0.00012437599,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00006391,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	CYGNUS NG-24
Operator	Northrop Grumman Innovation SystemsHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree Northrop Grumman Space SystemsMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United StatesMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Apr 11, 2026HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	2474

▸Data quality

Score95 / 100

Claims9

Sources3

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org
OrbitalWiki manual curationCC-BY 4.0

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.