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MONOLITH
US Military Deployable Structure Technology Demonstrator · US Space Force / DARPA
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Monolith, a US military technology demonstration satellite testing a deployable sensor structure designed to expand dramatically larger than the satellite bus that carried it — packing far more capability into a small launch volume than traditional rigid designs allow.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 338–341 mi (544–549 km)
- Inclination
- 37.0°
- One orbit
- 95.4 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49052
- Int’l designator
- 2021-068A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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