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Satellite · NORAD 67683 · COSPAR 1998-067XZ

KNACKSAT-2

ActivePayloadLEOSpace station derived

Altitude now

361.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.70km/s

Inclination

51.62°

Period

91.8 min

91.8 min

Perigee

358km

Apogee

369km

orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:01 UTC (14.3 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 KNACKSAT-2KNACKSAT-2
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Latitude
37.393° N
Longitude
47.839° E
Altitude
361.3 km
Velocity
7.700 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:01 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Space station
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
Constellation membership derived
International Space Station via celestrak_group

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • KNACKSAT-2Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
NASA
SATCAT owner code
THAI · Thailand

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
20 Nov 1998
COSPAR launch id
1998-067

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 1998-067

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Operator Idorg_01M28X1Z8FGK6KD7X9VC78HP12Celestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9ZMNHAWPJKHMQQC62GCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Country CodeTHCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeTHAICelestrak 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%

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
67683
COSPAR / international designator
1998-067XZ
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SYZCHZETQB6KNZ8BWPF
Canonical slug
knacksat-2-67683

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Space station) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.