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Satellite · NORAD 45598 · COSPAR 1998-067RL

QUETZAL-1

DecayedPayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Guatemala
  • Constellation —
  • Country Guatemala

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

51.62°

Period

87.7 min

87.7 min

Perigee

158km

Apogee

160km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 01 Mar 2022.· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 01 Mar 2022 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • QUETZAL-1Celestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
GUAT · Guatemala
Country
Guatemala GT

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
20 Nov 1998
COSPAR launch id
1998-067
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 1998-067 →

Change log

History

No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

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
45598
COSPAR / international designator
1998-067RL
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JVAH57VMG7E7CATS5P5
Canonical slug
quetzal-1-45598

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.