Payload
TYCHE
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 60496
TYCHE is a United Kingdom payload satellite, launched on August 16, 2024 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 16, 2024 at 06:56 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 488 km
- Periapsis
- 488 km
- Inclination
- 97.38°
- Orbital period
- 94.37 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United Kingdom
- Launch mass
- 150 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 × 0.6 × 0.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-149AE
- NORAD catalog №
- 60496
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Status
- Operational
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