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Satellite · NORAD 39078 · COSPAR 2013-006A

AMAZONAS 3

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Spain
  • Constellation —
  • Country Spain

Altitude now

35,776.9km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.03°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,765km

Apogee

35,808km

orbit freshOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:31 UTC (10.5 h old)· Metadata updated 13 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 AMAZONAS 3AMAZONAS 3
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Latitude
0.041° N
Longitude
60.935° W
Altitude
35776.9 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:31 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
318.7 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • AMAZONAS 3Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
SPN · Spain
Country
Spain ES

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
07 Feb 2013
COSPAR launch id
2013-006
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → ESCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → SPNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 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 11 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 13 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 ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 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
39078
COSPAR / international designator
2013-006A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69T5
Canonical slug
amazonas-3-39078

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.