Satellite · NORAD 40020 · COSPAR 2014-033L
BRITE-CA1 (TORONTO)
- Operator Canada
- Constellation —
- Country Canada
Altitude now
688.5km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.51km/s
Inclination
97.99°
Period
97.8 min
97.8 min
Perigee
597km
Apogee
707km
orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:45 UTC (12.6 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.
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- Latitude
- 78.133° S
- Longitude
- 135.653° W
- Altitude
- 688.5 km
- Velocity
- 7.506 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:45 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- CA · Canada
- Country
- Canada CA
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 19 Jun 2014
- COSPAR launch id
- 2014-033
- Launch site
- Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site
Objects from the same launch · 39
- SL-24 DEB40048DebrisDecayed
- SL-24 PLAT40049DebrisInactive
- KAZEOSAT 240010PayloadActive
- HODOYOSHI-440011PayloadActive
- UNISAT-640012PayloadActive
- DEIMOS-240013PayloadActive
- BUGSAT-1 (TITA)40014PayloadActive
- HODOYOSHI-340015PayloadActive
- SAUDISAT 440016PayloadActive
- TABLETSAT-AURORA40017PayloadUnknown
- APRIZESAT 940018PayloadActive
- APRIZESAT 1040019PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CA | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → CA | 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 8 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 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 18:53 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
- 40020
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2014-033L
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKH80
- Canonical slug
- brite-ca1-toronto-40020
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.