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Satellite · NORAD 50993 · COSPAR 2022-002K

ION SCV-004

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Italy
  • Constellation —
  • Country Italy

Altitude now

470.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.63km/s

Inclination

97.27°

Period

94.0 min

94.0 min

Perigee

466km

Apogee

478km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:00 UTC (7.9 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.

Ground track of ION SCV-004ION SCV-004
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
14.518° N
Longitude
10.522° W
Altitude
470.2 km
Velocity
7.635 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:00 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ION SCV-004Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
IT · Italy
Country
Italy IT

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
13 Jan 2022
COSPAR launch id
2022-002
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2022-002 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → ITCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → ITCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 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 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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
50993
COSPAR / international designator
2022-002K
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX7AZFC54PF92GAHP94
Canonical slug
ion-scv-004-50993

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.