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Satellite · NORAD 41603 · COSPAR 2016-040E

LAPAN-A3

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Indonesia
  • Constellation
  • Country Indonesia

Altitude now

468.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.63km/s

Inclination

97.16°

Period

93.9 min

93.9 min

Perigee

457km

Apogee

473km

orbit freshOrbit updated 12 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:15 UTC (7.0 h old)· Metadata updated 12 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
20.583° N
Longitude
121.827° E
Altitude
468.0 km
Velocity
7.634 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:15 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
0.3 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • LAPAN-A3Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
INDO · Indonesia

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
22 Jun 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-040

Objects from the same launch · 22

All objects from launch 2016-040

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeIDCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeINDOCelestrak 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 10 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 12 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
41603
COSPAR / international designator
2016-040E
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGY6
Canonical slug
lapan-a3-41603

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.