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ROCK
Technology Demonstrator · Commercial/University Operator
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ROCK, a commercial technology demonstration satellite testing compact imaging or communications hardware for future missions. for future small-satellite missions, one of many low-profile technology tests that rarely make headlines but quietly validate hardware components before they're incorporated into larger operational designs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 275–276 mi (443–444 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 93.3 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60474
- Int’l designator
- 2024-149G
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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