Satellite · NORAD 40374 · COSPAR 2015-002A
MUOS-3
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
35,823.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
3.07km/s
Inclination
4.69°
Period
23.9 h
1,436.1 min
Perigee
35,543km
Apogee
36,029km
orbit freshOrbit updated 3 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 03:34 UTC (6.2 h old)· Metadata updated 3 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
- 4.581° N
- Longitude
- 16.200° W
- Altitude
- 35823.8 km
- Velocity
- 3.072 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 03:34 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 21 Jan 2015
- COSPAR launch id
- 2015-002
Objects from the same launch · 1
- ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B40375Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → GEO | 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 3 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 17 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 09:09 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
- 40374
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2015-002A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHAA
- Canonical slug
- muos-3-40374
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.