Satellite · NORAD 62701 · COSPAR 2025-009CW
FIREFLY-1
- Operator India
- Constellation —
- Country India
Altitude now
620.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.55km/s
Inclination
97.70°
Period
96.5 min
96.5 min
Perigee
586km
Apogee
593km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:33 UTC (7.6 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
- 78.469° S
- Longitude
- 161.618° E
- Altitude
- 620.4 km
- Velocity
- 7.546 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:33 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- IND · India
- Country
- India IN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 14 Jan 2025
- COSPAR launch id
- 2025-009
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- GESAT GEN162612PayloadActive
- FLOCK 4G-862613PayloadActive
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT F62614PayloadDecayed
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT G62615PayloadActive
- INNOCUBE (TUBSAT-31)62616PayloadActive
- SCOT-1 (SCOT)62617PayloadActive
- AE1D62618PayloadActive
- IRIS-F362619PayloadActive
- TRANSPORTER-12 OBJECT M62620PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → IN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → IND | 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
- 62701
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2025-009CW
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SY8281TE4BJTQ3WPDKH
- Canonical slug
- firefly-1-62701
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.