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Satellite · NORAD 62454 · COSPAR 2024-252A

ASTRANIS UTILITYSAT

ActivePayloadHEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

41,242.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

2.70km/s

Inclination

9.15°

Period

23.9 h

1,435.7 min

Perigee

3,950km

Apogee

67,607km

orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 19:48 UTC (26.7 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 ASTRANIS UTILITYSATASTRANIS UTILITYSAT
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
6.734° N
Longitude
42.605° E
Altitude
41242.6 km
Velocity
2.699 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 19:48 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ASTRANIS UTILITYSATCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
UK · United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom GB

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
29 Dec 2024
COSPAR launch id
2024-252
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 4

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → GBCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → UKCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → HEOCelestrak11 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 6 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 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
62454
COSPAR / international designator
2024-252A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SY7XSD2Q25TCBG4VV82
Canonical slug
astranis-utilitysat-62454

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.