Satellite · NORAD 39444 · COSPAR 2013-066AE
FUNCUBE-1 (AO-73)
- Operator United Kingdom
- Constellation —
- Country United Kingdom
Altitude now
568.3km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.57km/s
Inclination
97.84°
Period
95.3 min
95.3 min
Perigee
511km
Apogee
558km
orbit freshOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:12 UTC (8.4 h old)· Metadata updated 13 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
- 69.621° N
- Longitude
- 144.305° E
- Altitude
- 568.3 km
- Velocity
- 7.571 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:12 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- UK · United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom GB
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 21 Nov 2013
- COSPAR launch id
- 2013-066
- Launch site
- Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site
Objects from the same launch · 33
- SL-24 DEB39449DebrisDecayed
- SL-24 DEB39450DebrisInactive
- APRIZESAT 739416PayloadActive
- ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT)39417PayloadActive
- SKYSAT-A39418PayloadActive
- DUBAISAT-239419PayloadActive
- OPTOS39420PayloadActive
- UNISAT-539421PayloadUnknown
- STSAT-339422PayloadActive
- WNISAT-139423PayloadActive
- CINEMA-2 (KHUSAT-2)39424PayloadUnknown
- APRIZESAT 839425PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → GB | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → UK | 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 13 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 13 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 18:53 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
- 39444
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2013-066AE
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69WA
- Canonical slug
- funcube-1-ao-73-39444
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.