Satellite · NORAD 39269 · COSPAR 2013-055E
POPACS 2
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
343.0km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.85km/s
Inclination
80.99°
Period
96.4 min
96.4 min
Perigee
303km
Apogee
869km
orbit agingOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:53 UTC (12.4 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.
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- Latitude
- 74.101° S
- Longitude
- 82.489° W
- Altitude
- 343.0 km
- Velocity
- 7.850 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:53 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 29 Sept 2013
- COSPAR launch id
- 2013-055
Objects from the same launch · 26
- FALCON 9 DEB39272DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39273DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39274DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39275DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39276DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39277DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39278DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39279DebrisDecayed
- POPACS DEB [SPACER]39280DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39281DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39282DebrisDecayed
- FALCON 9 DEB39283DebrisDecayed
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 6 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 11 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 22:59 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
- 39269
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2013-055E
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69VQ
- Canonical slug
- popacs-2-39269
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.