2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. Umbra 08
// radar imaging · 2023

Umbra 08

American synthetic aperture radar satellite. Umbra 08 was launched on November 11, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 22, 2025).

COSPAR 2023-174ANNORAD 58292United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Umbra-08
Common name
Umbra 08
International designator
2023-174AN
NORAD catalog number
58292
GCAT identifier
S58292
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1186

Mission

Mission type
Radar imaging
Use
Commercial
Program
Umbra
Owner
Umbra Labs
Country
United States
Builder
Umbra Labs
Platform (bus)
Espasat?

Launch

Date
November 11, 2023 · 18:49 UTC
Launch record
2023-174Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Vandenberg · pad SLC4E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/S
Perigee
511 km
Apogee
526 km
Inclination
97.48°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
December 22, 2025
Last known active
Nov 11, 2023
End of operations
November 2025

Size

Mass
84 kg
Dry mass
79 kg
Length
0.8 m
Diameter
0.60 m
Span
4.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q121842041 (CC0).