Satellite · NORAD 43174 · COSPAR 2018-012A
AL YAH 3
- Operator United Arab Emirates
- Constellation —
- Country United Arab Emirates
Altitude now
35,790.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
3.07km/s
Inclination
1.77°
Period
23.9 h
1,436.1 min
Perigee
35,772km
Apogee
35,801km
orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:01 UTC (13.4 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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.
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- Latitude
- 0.459° S
- Longitude
- 20.068° W
- Altitude
- 35790.4 km
- Velocity
- 3.074 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:01 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- UAE · United Arab Emirates
- Country
- United Arab Emirates AE
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 25 Jan 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-012
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Objects from the same launch · 3
- ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]43177DebrisInactive
- SES-1443175PayloadActive
- ARIANE 5 R/B43176Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → AE | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → UAE | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → GEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 8 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
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
- 43174
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-012A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RTY
- Canonical slug
- al-yah-3-43174
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.