Satellite · NORAD 36830 · COSPAR 2010-037A
NILESAT 201
- Operator Egypt
- Constellation —
- Country Egypt
Altitude now
35,807.9km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
3.07km/s
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.9 h
1,436.1 min
Perigee
35,763km
Apogee
35,810km
orbit agingOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 08:47 UTC (14.4 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.
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- Latitude
- 0.025° N
- Longitude
- 6.967° W
- Altitude
- 35807.9 km
- Velocity
- 3.073 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 08:47 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- EGYP · Egypt
- Country
- Egypt EG
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 04 Aug 2010
- COSPAR launch id
- 2010-037
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Objects from the same launch · 3
- ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]36833DebrisDecayed
- RASCOM-QAF 1R36831PayloadActive
- ARIANE 5 R/B36832Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → EG | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → EGYP | 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 4 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 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 | 11 Sept 2026 22:59 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
- 36830
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2010-037A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P5K
- Canonical slug
- nilesat-201-36830
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.