Satellite · NORAD 27612 · COSPAR 2002-058H
LATINSAT A
- Operator Argentina
- Constellation —
- Country Argentina
Altitude now
621.2km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.55km/s
Inclination
64.55°
Period
96.9 min
96.9 min
Perigee
578km
Apogee
645km
orbit freshOrbit updated 5 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 17:29 UTC (7.9 h old)· Metadata updated 5 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
- 36.270° S
- Longitude
- 19.723° E
- Altitude
- 621.2 km
- Velocity
- 7.549 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 17:29 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- ARGN · Argentina
- Country
- Argentina AR
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 20 Dec 2002
- COSPAR launch id
- 2002-058
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)
Objects from the same launch · 7
- SL-24 DEB [PLEM COVER]27611DebrisDecayed
- RUBIN-2 & SAFIR-M27605PayloadUnknown
- LATINSAT B27606PayloadActive
- SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50)27607PayloadActive
- UNISAT-227608PayloadUnknown
- TRAILBLAZER 227609PayloadUnknown
- SL-24 R/B27610Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → AR | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → ARGN | 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 5 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 11 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 | 12 Sept 2026 01:01 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
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
- 27612
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2002-058H
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM24P
- Canonical slug
- latinsat-a-27612
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.