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Satellite · NORAD 67689 · COSPAR 2026-024A

PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation —
  • Country China

Altitude now

600.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.56km/s

Inclination

49.99°

Period

96.5 min

96.5 min

Perigee

588km

Apogee

596km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:47 UTC (6.2 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.

Ground track of PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4
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Latitude
34.088° S
Longitude
96.440° W
Altitude
600.2 km
Velocity
7.561 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:47 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
07 Feb 2026
COSPAR launch id
2026-024
Launch site
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 7

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → CNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → PRCCelestrak 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 8 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 18:53 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
67689
COSPAR / international designator
2026-024A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SYZCHZETQB6KNZ8BWPM
Canonical slug
prc-test-spacecraft-4-67689

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.