Satellite · NORAD 46495 · COSPAR 2020-068K
SALSAT
- Operator Germany
- Constellation —
- Country Germany
Altitude now
483.8km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.63km/s
Inclination
97.89°
Period
94.1 min
94.1 min
Perigee
467km
Apogee
480km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:29 UTC (9.8 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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
- 76.118° N
- Longitude
- 95.134° W
- Altitude
- 483.8 km
- Velocity
- 7.632 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:29 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Unknown
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Operational [+]
- Radar cross-section
- —
CelesTrak groups
Aliases
- SALSATCelestrak
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- GER · Germany
- Country
- Germany DE
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 28 Sept 2020
- COSPAR launch id
- 2020-068
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Objects from the same launch · 21
- GONETS-M 1746486PayloadActive
- GONETS-M 1846487PayloadActive
- GONETS-M 1946488PayloadActive
- MEZNSAT46489PayloadDecayed
- YARILO 146490PayloadDecayed
- YARILO 246491PayloadDecayed
- LACUNASAT-346492PayloadDecayed
- DEKART46493PayloadActive
- NORBI46494PayloadActive
- ICEYE-X746496PayloadActive
- ICEYE-X646497PayloadActive
- KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA)46498PayloadDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → DE | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → GER | 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 8 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
- 46495
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2020-068K
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX2MW147E7D5J081A82
- Canonical slug
- salsat-46495
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.