Satellite · NORAD 47486 · COSPAR 2021-006CB
CELESTIS-17 & SHERPA-FX1
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
470.7km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.63km/s
Inclination
97.22°
Period
93.9 min
93.9 min
Perigee
464km
Apogee
470km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:38 UTC (8.5 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
- 29.189° N
- Longitude
- 170.082° E
- Altitude
- 470.7 km
- Velocity
- 7.634 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:38 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 24 Jan 2021
- COSPAR launch id
- 2021-006
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- STARLINK-220047414PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220147415PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220247416PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220347417PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220447418PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220547419PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220647420PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220747421PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-220847422PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-5247425PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-4647426PayloadDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| 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 6 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 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
- 47486
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2021-006CB
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX2MW147E7D5J081AC5
- Canonical slug
- celestis-17-sherpa-fx1-47486
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.