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Satellite · NORAD 46494 · COSPAR 2020-068J

NORBI

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

Altitude now

427.4km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.65km/s

Inclination

97.86°

Period

92.8 min

92.8 min

Perigee

408km

Apogee

413km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC (7.2 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 NORBINORBI
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
43.470° S
Longitude
141.699° E
Altitude
427.4 km
Velocity
7.654 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:05 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • NORBICelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
28 Sept 2020
COSPAR launch id
2020-068

Objects from the same launch · 21

All objects from launch 2020-068

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 6 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 20:57 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
46494
COSPAR / international designator
2020-068J
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX2MW147E7D5J081A81
Canonical slug
norbi-46494

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.