// signals intelligence · 2021

HAWK-2A

Satellite launched in 2021. HAWK-2A was launched on January 24, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2021-006CWNORAD 47505United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Hawk 2A
Common name: HAWK-2A
International designator: 2021-006CW
NORAD catalog number: 47505
GCAT identifier: S47505
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/977

Mission

Mission type: Signals intelligence
Use: Commercial
Program: H360
Owner: HawkEye 360
Country: United States
Builder: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory
Platform (bus): Defiant

Launch

Date: January 24, 2021 · 15:00 UTC
Launch record: 2021-006Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/S
Perigee: 526 km
Apogee: 535 km
Inclination: 97.51°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: March 2023

Size

Mass: 31 kg
Dry mass: 30 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.40 m
Span: 1.0 m

Launched together

UVSQ-SATSpace science · U Versailles SQ YUSAT-1Communications · NTOU CharlieSignals intelligence · Aurora Insight SOMP 2bEarth science · TU Dresden IDEASSatSpace science · NCU Capella-4Radar imaging · Capella Space QPS-SAR-2Radar imaging · QPS Labs Capella-3Radar imaging · Capella Space

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q131460876 (CC0).