Satellite · NORAD 43809 · COSPAR 2018-099BD
CENTAURI-1
- Operator Australia
- Constellation —
- Country Australia
Altitude now
518.0km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.61km/s
Inclination
97.41°
Period
94.9 min
94.9 min
Perigee
504km
Apogee
525km
orbit staleOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 09 Sept 2026 15:37 UTC (53.7 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
- 23.946° S
- Longitude
- 3.014° W
- Altitude
- 518.0 km
- Velocity
- 7.606 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 09 Sept 2026 15:37 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- AUS · Australia
- Country
- Australia AU
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 03 Dec 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-099
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- MINXSS-243758PayloadActive
- SIRION PATHFINDER-243759PayloadActive
- ELYSIUM STAR 2 & LFF43760PayloadDecayed
- OBJECT D43761PayloadUnknown
- STPSAT-543762PayloadActive
- POLAR SCOUT KODIAK43764PayloadDecayed
- HAWK-A43765PayloadActive
- SPAWAR-CAL-O43766PayloadActive
- CORVUS BC443767PayloadActive
- AISTECHSAT 243768PayloadActive
- FLOCK 3S-143769PayloadDecayed
- FOX-1CLIFF (AO-95)43770PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → AU | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → AUS | 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 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% |
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
- 43809
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-099BD
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RZR
- Canonical slug
- centauri-1-43809
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.