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Satellite · NORAD 63724 · COSPAR 2025-088A

KUIPER-00008

ActivePayloadLEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

634.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.55km/s

Inclination

51.90°

Period

97.3 min

97.3 min

Perigee

629km

Apogee

630km

orbit freshOrbit updated 18 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:52 UTC (8.6 h old)· Metadata updated 18 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
45.683° N
Longitude
143.046° E
Altitude
634.0 km
Velocity
7.547 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:52 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
Constellation membership derived
Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • KUIPER-00008Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
28 Apr 2025
COSPAR launch id
2025-088

Objects from the same launch · 26

All objects from launch 2025-088

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner CodeUSCelestrak 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 15 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 18 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
63724
COSPAR / international designator
2025-088A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SYDPC3YN5F76C07HS23
Canonical slug
kuiper-00008-63724

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