Satellite · NORAD 43013 · COSPAR 2017-073A
NOAA 20 (JPSS-1)
- Operator NOAA
- Constellation NOAA POES / JPSS
- Country United States
Altitude now
836.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.44km/s
Inclination
98.78°
Period
101.4 min
101.4 min
Perigee
826km
Apogee
828km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:23 UTC (7.3 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
- 58.711° N
- Longitude
- 86.422° E
- Altitude
- 836.4 km
- Velocity
- 7.440 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:23 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- NOAA
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 18 Nov 2017
- COSPAR launch id
- 2017-073
Objects from the same launch · 5
- BUCCANEER RMM43014PayloadDecayed
- MIRATA43015PayloadDecayed
- MAKERSAT 043016PayloadActive
- RADFXSAT (FOX-1B)43017PayloadActive
- EAGLESAT 143018PayloadDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | 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 8 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 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
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
- 43013
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2017-073A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTH37
- Canonical slug
- noaa-20-jpss-1-43013
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Weather) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.