Satellite · NORAD 48948 · COSPAR 2021-059BX
HAWK-3C
- Operator HawkEye 360
- Constellation HawkEye 360
- Country United States
Altitude now
360.9km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.69km/s
Inclination
97.67°
Period
91.3 min
91.3 min
Perigee
336km
Apogee
341km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:47 UTC (7.4 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.
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- Latitude
- 59.180° S
- Longitude
- 170.868° E
- Altitude
- 360.9 km
- Velocity
- 7.691 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:47 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Earth observation
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Operational [+]
- Radar cross-section
- —
- Constellation membership derived
- HawkEye 360 via name_pattern
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- HawkEye 360
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 30 Jun 2021
- COSPAR launch id
- 2021-059
Objects from the same launch · 40+
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- STARLINK-300448880PayloadDecayed
- STARLINK-300548881PayloadActive
- SPACEBEENZ-1048882PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-10048883PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-10148884PayloadDecayed
- LEMUR-2-JACKSON48885PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-10248886PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEENZ-948887PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-10348888PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEENZ-748889PayloadDecayed
- SPACEBEE-10448890PayloadDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | 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 7 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 9 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% |
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
- 48948
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2021-059BX
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX57R7B6X2WE9BTPA3A
- Canonical slug
- hawk-3c-48948
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.