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Satellite · NORAD 54880 · COSPAR 2022-179A

EROS C3

ActivePayloadLEOEarth observation derived
  • Operator Israel
  • Constellation —
  • Country Israel

Altitude now

540.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.59km/s

Inclination

139.33°

Period

95.3 min

95.3 min

Perigee

526km

Apogee

538km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:23 UTC (9.2 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.

Ground track of EROS C3EROS C3
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Latitude
39.063° S
Longitude
133.929° W
Altitude
540.2 km
Velocity
7.595 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:23 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • EROS C3Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
ISRA · Israel
Country
Israel IL

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
30 Dec 2022
COSPAR launch id
2022-179
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Objects from the same launch

No other catalogued object is linked to this launch.

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → ILCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → ISRACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 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 5 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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 ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 22:59 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
54880
COSPAR / international designator
2022-179A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXGW0RPENG5Z1PZBTHP
Canonical slug
eros-c3-54880

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.