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Satellite · NORAD 55508 · COSPAR 2023-017A

AMAZONAS NEXUS

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Spain
  • Constellation —
  • Country Spain

Altitude now

35,798.4km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.04°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,775km

Apogee

35,799km

orbit freshOrbit updated 2 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:47 UTC (6.3 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.

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Latitude
0.018° S
Longitude
61.004° W
Altitude
35798.4 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:47 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • AMAZONAS NEXUSCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
SPN · Spain
Country
Spain ES

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
07 Feb 2023
COSPAR launch id
2023-017
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 1

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 2 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 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 01:01 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
55508
COSPAR / international designator
2023-017A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXHHNA6HA5CRDK9108K
Canonical slug
amazonas-nexus-55508

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.