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Satellite · NORAD 65316 · COSPAR 2025-188B

PELICAN-4

ActivePayloadLEOEarth observation derived

Altitude now

472.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.63km/s

Inclination

97.19°

Period

93.4 min

93.4 min

Perigee

441km

Apogee

445km

orbit agingOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:27 UTC (16.7 h old)· Metadata updated 11 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 PELICAN-4PELICAN-4
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Latitude
77.744° S
Longitude
166.194° E
Altitude
472.2 km
Velocity
7.628 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:27 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Planet Flock (Dove) via celestrak_groupPlanet Pelican / Tanager via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • PELICAN-4Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Planet Labs PBC
SATCAT owner code
US · United States
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
26 Aug 2025
COSPAR launch id
2025-188
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Objects from the same launch · 7

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJE → con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJCCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Constellation Idcon_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJE → con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJCCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC
Owner Code∅ → USCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 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 9 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 11 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%

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
65316
COSPAR / international designator
2025-188B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SYMDW55CC7N93C3W33F
Canonical slug
pelican-4-65316

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