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ORBCOMM FM27
Commercial M2M Messaging (First-Gen) · ORBCOMM
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One of ORBCOMM's original satellites, part of a constellation built specifically to serve customers whose assets — trucks, barges, remote pipelines — move through areas where no other communication infrastructure reaches. ORBCOMM FM27 has been quietly relaying this data since the late 1990s.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 477–479 mi (768–771 km)
- Inclination
- 45.0°
- One orbit
- 100.1 minutes14.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 25481
- Int’l designator
- 1998-053G
- Launched
- 1998
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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