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Satellite · NORAD 52817 · COSPAR 2022-061A

NILESAT 301

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Egypt
  • Constellation —
  • Country Egypt

Altitude now

35,792.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.06°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,782km

Apogee

35,793km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:55 UTC (9.2 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 NILESAT 301NILESAT 301
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Latitude
0.029° S
Longitude
6.996° W
Altitude
35792.0 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:55 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • NILESAT 301Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
EGYP · Egypt
Country
Egypt EG

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
08 Jun 2022
COSPAR launch id
2022-061
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → EGCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → EGYPCelestrak 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 4 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 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
52817
COSPAR / international designator
2022-061A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXBZXNZXTAANCG3P391
Canonical slug
nilesat-301-52817

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.