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Satellite · NORAD 60538 · COSPAR 2024-149BY

PICO-02A021

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Italy
  • Constellation —
  • Country Italy

Altitude now

556.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.58km/s

Inclination

97.67°

Period

95.7 min

95.7 min

Perigee

550km

Apogee

559km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:30 UTC (10.3 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.

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Latitude
9.194° N
Longitude
164.344° W
Altitude
556.6 km
Velocity
7.584 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:30 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • PICO-02A021Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
IT · Italy
Country
Italy IT

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
16 Aug 2024
COSPAR launch id
2024-149
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2024-149 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → ITCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → ITCelestrak 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 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
60538
COSPAR / international designator
2024-149BY
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SY2F3N3R9MAAG0NGC9R
Canonical slug
pico-02a021-60538

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.