Satellite · NORAD 29522 · COSPAR 2006-050A
DMSP 5D-3 F17 (USA 191)
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
843.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.44km/s
Inclination
98.74°
Period
101.8 min
101.8 min
Perigee
835km
Apogee
850km
orbit freshOrbit updated 29 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:09 UTC (4.0 h old)· Metadata updated 29 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
- 49.876° N
- Longitude
- 38.204° W
- Altitude
- 843.8 km
- Velocity
- 7.439 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:09 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 04 Nov 2006
- COSPAR launch id
- 2006-050
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- DMSP 5D-3 F17 DEB29524DebrisInactive
- DMSP 5D-3 F17 DEB29525DebrisInactive
- DELTA 4 DEB29540DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29541DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29542DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29543DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29544DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29545DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29546DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29547DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29548DebrisDecayed
- DELTA 4 DEB29549DebrisDecayed
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 29 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 43 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 09:09 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
- 29522
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2006-050A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM27B
- Canonical slug
- dmsp-5d-3-f17-usa-191-29522
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Weather) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.