Satellite · NORAD 39509 · COSPAR 2014-006B
ATHENA-FIDUS
- Operator France/Italy
- Constellation —
- Country France
Altitude now
35,792.0km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
3.07km/s
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.9 h
1,436.1 min
Perigee
35,780km
Apogee
35,793km
orbit freshOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:08 UTC (7.8 h old)· Metadata updated 11 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
- 0.026° S
- Longitude
- 37.801° E
- Altitude
- 35792.0 km
- Velocity
- 3.074 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:08 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- FRIT · France/Italy
- Country
- France FR
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 06 Feb 2014
- COSPAR launch id
- 2014-006
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Objects from the same launch · 3
- ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]39511DebrisInactive
- ABS-239508PayloadActive
- ARIANE 5 R/B39510Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → FR | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → FRIT | 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 9 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 11 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 20:57 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
- 39509
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2014-006B
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69X1
- Canonical slug
- athena-fidus-39509
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.