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Satellite · NORAD 47509 · COSPAR 2021-006DA

GHGSAT-C2

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Canada
  • Constellation
  • Country Canada

Altitude now

463.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.64km/s

Inclination

97.21°

Period

93.6 min

93.6 min

Perigee

447km

Apogee

453km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:54 UTC (8.2 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.

Ground track of GHGSAT-C2GHGSAT-C2
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Latitude
78.695° N
Longitude
148.259° W
Altitude
463.6 km
Velocity
7.641 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:54 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • GHGSAT-C2Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
CA · Canada
Country
Canada CA

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
24 Jan 2021
COSPAR launch id
2021-006

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2021-006

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeCACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeCACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 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 6 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 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 20:57 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
47509
COSPAR / international designator
2021-006DA
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX3DZ28FSVTBZFJHN4S
Canonical slug
ghgsat-c2-47509

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.