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Satellite · NORAD 38711 · COSPAR 2012-039E

MKA-PN 1

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

Altitude now

824.9km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.44km/s

Inclination

98.98°

Period

101.0 min

101.0 min

Perigee

800km

Apogee

814km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:17 UTC (9.0 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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 MKA-PN 1MKA-PN 1
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Latitude
63.109° N
Longitude
127.739° W
Altitude
824.9 km
Velocity
7.443 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:17 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • MKA-PN 1Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
22 Jul 2012
COSPAR launch id
2012-039

Objects from the same launch · 7

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeRUCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeCISCelestrak 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 5 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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 22:59 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
38711
COSPAR / international designator
2012-039E
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69RP
Canonical slug
mka-pn-1-38711

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.