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POLAR SCOUT YUKON
Search & Rescue Technology Demonstrator · US Air Force / NOAA
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Polar Scout Yukon, the companion satellite to Polar Scout Kodiak, together testing whether a small, low-cost satellite constellation could improve search-and-rescue beacon detection in polar regions where existing coverage is weakest.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 275–278 mi (442–447 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 93.3 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43808
- Int’l designator
- 2018-099BC
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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