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Satellite · NORAD 52145 · COSPAR 2022-030A

MERIDIAN 10

ActivePayloadHEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
  • Constellation
  • Country Russia

Altitude now

2,576.8km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

8.61km/s

Inclination

62.69°

Period

12.0 h

717.9 min

Perigee

2,097km

Apogee

38,261km

orbit agingOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 17:00 UTC (35.5 h old)· Metadata updated 10 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
48.987° S
Longitude
36.944° E
Altitude
2576.8 km
Velocity
8.610 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 17:00 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • MERIDIAN 10Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
22 Mar 2022
COSPAR launch id
2022-030

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeRUCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeCISCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassHEOCelestrak11 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 1 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 10 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 03:03 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
52145
COSPAR / international designator
2022-030A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX99F709C2GARWHP0QY
Canonical slug
meridian-10-52145

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.

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