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Satellite · NORAD 44479 · COSPAR 2019-050A

AMOS-17

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,790.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.01°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.0 min

Perigee

35,779km

Apogee

35,793km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:02 UTC (6.8 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.

Ground track of AMOS-17AMOS-17
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Latitude
0.000° N
Longitude
17.045° E
Altitude
35790.7 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:02 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Telesat (Anik / Telstar / Lightspeed) via celestrak_group

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • AMOS-17Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Telesat
SATCAT owner code
ISRA · Israel
Country
Israel IL

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
06 Aug 2019
COSPAR launch id
2019-050
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Operator Id∅ → org_01M28X1Z87MKSFFKXKNP5607C8Celestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Id∅ → con_01M28X1Z9V6NXRFGCNTV7GF80DCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Operator Id∅ → org_01M28X1Z87MKSFFKXKNP5607C8Celestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Id∅ → con_01M28X1Z9V6NXRFGCNTV7GF80DCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Country Code∅ → ILCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → ISRACelestrak 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 8 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 ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

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
44479
COSPAR / international designator
2019-050A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX0V594GM8XW5ZB1SER
Canonical slug
amos-17-44479

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.