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Satellite · NORAD 45465 · COSPAR 2020-022B

AEHF-6 (USA 298)

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,760.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

2.37°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,608km

Apogee

35,965km

orbit freshOrbit updated 2 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 21:27 UTC (9.4 h old)· Metadata updated 2 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of AEHF-6 (USA 298)AEHF-6 (USA 298)
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Latitude
2.211° S
Longitude
137.295° E
Altitude
35760.3 km
Velocity
3.077 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 21:27 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • AEHF-6 (USA 298)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
26 Mar 2020
COSPAR launch id
2020-022

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 2 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 12 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 05:05 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
45465
COSPAR / international designator
2020-022B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX10DAH3QZFV1C6BB9N
Canonical slug
aehf-6-usa-298-45465

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.

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