Satellite · NORAD 41847 · COSPAR 2016-066G
CAS-2T & KS-1Q
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
787.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.44km/s
Inclination
98.38°
Period
99.7 min
99.7 min
Perigee
500km
Apogee
985km
orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:05 UTC (16.5 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
- 34.759° S
- Longitude
- 68.559° W
- Altitude
- 787.8 km
- Velocity
- 7.442 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:05 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 09 Nov 2016
- COSPAR launch id
- 2016-066
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 7
- CZ-11 DEB41846DebrisInactive
- CZ-11 DEB41928DebrisDecayed
- XPNAV-141841PayloadDecayed
- XIAOXIANG 141842PayloadDecayed
- PINA 2A41843PayloadDecayed
- PINA 2B41844PayloadDecayed
- LISHUI 1-0141845PayloadDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | 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 24 min 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 | 12 Sept 2026 03:03 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
- 41847
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2016-066G
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGYY
- Canonical slug
- cas-2t-ks-1q-41847
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.