Satellite · NORAD 58017 · COSPAR 2023-155B
FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON)
- Operator Taiwan
- Constellation —
- Country Taiwan
Altitude now
604.3km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.56km/s
Inclination
97.83°
Period
96.6 min
96.6 min
Perigee
592km
Apogee
595km
orbit agingOrbit updated 16 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:40 UTC (16.4 h old)· Metadata updated 16 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
- 66.083° N
- Longitude
- 10.686° E
- Altitude
- 604.3 km
- Velocity
- 7.564 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:40 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- ROC · Taiwan
- Country
- Taiwan TW
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 09 Oct 2023
- COSPAR launch id
- 2023-155
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Objects from the same launch · 9
- THEOS-2 (T2V)58016PayloadActive
- ANSER FOLLOWER 258018PayloadActive
- ANSER FOLLOWER 158019PayloadActive
- NESS58020PayloadActive
- CSC-258021PayloadActive
- CSC-158022PayloadActive
- PRETTY58023PayloadActive
- MACSAT (FINCH 1)58024PayloadActive
- PVCC58025PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → TW | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → ROC | 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 14 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 16 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
- 58017
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2023-155B
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SXS0HRCG2KPBMF6DG1Z
- Canonical slug
- formosat-7r-triton-58017
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.