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SHERPA-FX2 & TAGSAT-2
Commercial Orbital Transfer Vehicle + Technology Demonstrator · Spaceflight Inc.
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Sherpa-FX2 & TagSat-2, a combined orbital transfer vehicle and technology demonstration payload, deploying multiple small satellites to their individual orbits after a single shared rocket ride.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 241–246 mi (388–396 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 92.3 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 48958
- Int’l designator
- 2021-059CH
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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