Satellite · NORAD 53807 · COSPAR 2022-111AL
BLUEWALKER-3
- Operator AST SpaceMobile
- Constellation AST SpaceMobile BlueBird
- Country United States
Altitude now
457.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.64km/s
Inclination
53.23°
Period
93.6 min
93.6 min
Perigee
443km
Apogee
453km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:32 UTC (8.7 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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
- 23.536° S
- Longitude
- 139.316° W
- Altitude
- 457.8 km
- Velocity
- 7.637 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:32 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Communications
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Partially operational [P]
- Radar cross-section
- —
- Constellation membership derived
- AST SpaceMobile BlueBird via name_pattern
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- AST SpaceMobile
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 11 Sept 2022
- COSPAR launch id
- 2022-111
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- FALCON 9 DEB53808DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB53809DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB53810DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB53811DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB53812DebrisDecayed
- BLUEWALKER 3 DEB [LVA]54247DebrisDecayed
- STARLINK-471853773PayloadActive
- STARLINK-471953774PayloadActive
- STARLINK-472253775PayloadActive
- STARLINK-470853776PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-466453777PayloadActive
- STARLINK-470953778PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | 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 7 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 9 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% |
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
- 53807
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2022-111AL
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SXEMQBWNEJTJKR6Z849
- Canonical slug
- bluewalker-3-53807
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.