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HORACIO
Commercial Technology Demonstrator · Commercial Operator
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Horacio, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact sensor and communications hardware for future small-satellite constellations, one of many low-profile technology tests that quietly validate individual hardware components before they're trusted with a larger, more expensive mission. Technology tests like this rarely make headlines individually, but they quietly validate the specific hardware components that later show up in far more capable operational satellites built by the same or related teams.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 352–362 mi (567–582 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 96.0 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59098
- Int’l designator
- 2024-043A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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