Satellite · NORAD 42921 · COSPAR 2017-050A
ORS-5 SENSORSAT
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
562.5km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.58km/s
Inclination
0.05°
Period
95.9 min
95.9 min
Perigee
556km
Apogee
571km
orbit agingOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:20 UTC (18.7 h old)· Metadata updated 13 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
- 0.025° N
- Longitude
- 136.769° E
- Altitude
- 562.5 km
- Velocity
- 7.582 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:20 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 26 Aug 2017
- COSPAR launch id
- 2017-050
Objects from the same launch · 6
- MINOTAUR DEB42922DebrisDecayed
- MINOTAUR DEB42923DebrisDecayed
- MINOTAUR DEB42924DebrisDecayed
- MINOTAUR DEB42926DebrisDecayed
- MINOTAUR R/B42925Rocket bodyInactive
- MINOTAUR R/B42927Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| 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 48 min ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 13 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 | 12 Sept 2026 07:07 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
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
- 42921
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2017-050A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTH23
- Canonical slug
- ors-5-sensorsat-42921
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.