I think it's essentially an issue with space-track.org not updating gp_history for recent satellites. If you are logged in, then this works (Dec 23-25)

https://www.space-track.org/basicspacedata/query/class/gp_history/EPOCH/2025-12-23--2025-12-25/MEAN_MOTION/>11.25/ECCENTRICITY/<0.25/OBJECT_TYPE/payload/decay_date/null-val/orderby/NORAD_CAT_ID,EPOCH/format/3le

But go forward two days and it (currently) does not.

I recently added code to not attempt to get space-track data if within five days. I wonder if that needs extending, or if it's simply a holiday thing.

You can get around it by just going back a few days, loading, and the going forward. But that's far from ideal, as we really want the most recent data.

I notice on their front page, they recommend:
https://www.space-track.org/basicspacedata/query/class/gp/decay_date/null-val/epoch/>now-10/orderby/norad_cat_id/format/tle
Which works. Note the "now-10". Maybe if it's within ten days before now, I should use that.

The limits I had were because it was timing out when requesting ALL the satellites data, if I remove them it does not help.

This status page says everything is okay, so maybe I need to get the data a different way
https://satellitemap.space/space-track-status?utm_source=chatgpt.com