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Satellite · NORAD 33412 · COSPAR 2008-054A

COSMO-SKYMED 3

ActivePayloadLEOEarth observation derived
  • Operator Italy
  • Constellation
  • Country Italy

Altitude now

550.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.59km/s

Inclination

97.82°

Period

95.5 min

95.5 min

Perigee

534km

Apogee

554km

orbit freshOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:21 UTC (5.0 h old)· Metadata updated 11 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 COSMO-SKYMED 3COSMO-SKYMED 3
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Latitude
52.646° N
Longitude
93.015° E
Altitude
550.1 km
Velocity
7.593 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:21 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
3.9 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • COSMO-SKYMED 3Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
IT · Italy
Country
Italy IT

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
25 Oct 2008
COSPAR launch id
2008-054

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeITCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeITCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 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 11 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 18 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 01:01 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
33412
COSPAR / international designator
2008-054A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P30
Canonical slug
cosmo-skymed-3-33412

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.