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Satellite · NORAD 63216 · COSPAR 2025-052G

BOTSAT-1

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Botswana
  • Constellation —
  • Country Botswana

Altitude now

484.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.62km/s

Inclination

97.38°

Period

94.2 min

94.2 min

Perigee

479km

Apogee

483km

orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:43 UTC (17.3 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 BOTSAT-1BOTSAT-1
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Latitude
10.760° N
Longitude
160.208° W
Altitude
484.0 km
Velocity
7.624 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:43 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • BOTSAT-1Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
BWA · Botswana
Country
Botswana BW

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
15 Mar 2025
COSPAR launch id
2025-052
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2025-052 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → BWCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → BWACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 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
63216
COSPAR / international designator
2025-052G
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SYBRH96E2K2CJYR5VPW
Canonical slug
botsat-1-63216

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.