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Satellite · NORAD 56157 · COSPAR 2023-048A

OBJECT A

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation
  • Country China

Altitude now

1,146.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.25km/s

Inclination

63.40°

Period

107.0 min

107.0 min

Perigee

1,033km

Apogee

1,145km

orbit freshOrbit updated 3 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 21:39 UTC (6.3 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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LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
11.328° S
Longitude
10.055° E
Altitude
1146.7 km
Velocity
7.253 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 21:39 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • 2023-048ACelestrak
  • OBJECT ACelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
31 Mar 2023
COSPAR launch id
2023-048

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Canonical Name2023-048AOBJECT ACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Country CodeCNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodePRCCelestrak 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 50 min ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 03:03 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
56157
COSPAR / international designator
2023-048A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXKCREZ0T12ZPS98R41
Canonical slug
object-a-56157

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.

OBJECT A — Live Orbit, NORAD 56157 | SatelliteIndex