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Satellite · NORAD 37951 · COSPAR 2011-074B

LUCH-5A

ActivePayloadGEONavigation derived

Altitude now

35,782.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

8.97°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,770km

Apogee

35,803km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:41 UTC (5.4 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 LUCH-5ALUCH-5A
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Latitude
5.960° N
Longitude
166.529° E
Altitude
35782.1 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 15:41 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Navigation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
25.1 m²
Constellation membership derived
SBAS / augmentation via celestrak_group

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • LUCH-5ACelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
CIS · Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
Country
Russia RU

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
11 Dec 2011
COSPAR launch id
2011-074
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Constellation Id∅ → con_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Id∅ → con_01M28X1ZA0VYMJSMNFKH7XRS3ZCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Country Code∅ → RUCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → CISCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 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%

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
37951
COSPAR / international designator
2011-074B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69QH
Canonical slug
luch-5a-37951

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