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ORBCOMM FM108
Commercial M2M Messaging + AIS (Second-Gen OG2) · ORBCOMM
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Part of ORBCOMM's second-generation constellation, combining faster M2M data relay with AIS vessel tracking in a single spacecraft. OG2 satellites represented ORBCOMM's answer to a rapidly evolving satellite IoT market that, by the mid-2010s, had begun facing competition from newer entrants building even more advanced messaging constellations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 437–439 mi (703–707 km)
- Inclination
- 47.0°
- One orbit
- 98.7 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41187
- Int’l designator
- 2015-081J
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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