Satellite · NORAD 8774 · COSPAR 1976-029A
SATCOM 2
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
—
no element set
Velocity
—
Inclination
8.75°
Period
1.0 d
1,460.1 min
Perigee
36,009km
Apogee
36,502km
orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file.· Metadata updated 10 h ago
Live position
Live position
Live position unavailable — no public orbital element set exists for this object (it may be classified, untracked or too small to catalogue).
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Unknown
- Object type
- Payload
- Radar cross-section
- 2.9 m²
CelesTrak groups
Not listed in any CelesTrak group.
Aliases
- SATCOM 2Celestrak Satcat
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 26 Mar 1976
- COSPAR launch id
- 1976-029
Objects from the same launch · 2
- DELTA 1 R/B(1)8775Rocket bodyDecayed
- DELTA 1 R/B(2)8793Rocket bodyDecayed
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
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 10 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 12 Sept 2026 18:57 UTC | 100% |
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
- 8774
- COSPAR / international designator
- 1976-029A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X3JMCS4XCKAY9VE1YCM76
- Canonical slug
- satcom-2-8774
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.