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GNOMES-1
Commercial Atmospheric Sounding Technology Demonstrator · PlanetiQ (USA)
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GNOMES-1, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing GNSS radio occultation weather sensing hardware ahead of a planned larger constellation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 348–358 mi (560–577 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 46266
- Int’l designator
- 2020-059B
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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