Satellite · NORAD 43808 · COSPAR 2018-099BC
POLAR SCOUT YUKON
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
470.3km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.63km/s
Inclination
97.46°
Period
93.4 min
93.4 min
Perigee
439km
Apogee
445km
orbit agingOrbit updated 23 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 17:30 UTC (27.6 h old)· Metadata updated 23 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
- 68.741° S
- Longitude
- 177.168° W
- Altitude
- 470.3 km
- Velocity
- 7.628 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 17:30 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 03 Dec 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-099
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- MINXSS-243758PayloadActive
- SIRION PATHFINDER-243759PayloadActive
- ELYSIUM STAR 2 & LFF43760PayloadDecayed
- OBJECT D43761PayloadUnknown
- STPSAT-543762PayloadActive
- POLAR SCOUT KODIAK43764PayloadDecayed
- HAWK-A43765PayloadActive
- SPAWAR-CAL-O43766PayloadActive
- CORVUS BC443767PayloadActive
- AISTECHSAT 243768PayloadActive
- FLOCK 3S-143769PayloadDecayed
- FOX-1CLIFF (AO-95)43770PayloadActive
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 21 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 23 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 | 11 Sept 2026 20:57 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
- 43808
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-099BC
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RZQ
- Canonical slug
- polar-scout-yukon-43808
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.