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Satellite · NORAD 40059 · COSPAR 2014-035A

OCO 2

ActivePayloadLEOScience derived

Altitude now

714.9km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.51km/s

Inclination

98.21°

Period

98.8 min

98.8 min

Perigee

701km

Apogee

704km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:59 UTC (10.3 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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
80.612° N
Longitude
94.516° E
Altitude
714.9 km
Velocity
7.506 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:59 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Science
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
1.2 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • OCO 2Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
02 Jul 2014
COSPAR launch id
2014-035

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeUSCelestrak 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 4 h 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 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
40059
COSPAR / international designator
2014-035A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKH8G
Canonical slug
oco-2-40059

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Science) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.