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Satellite · NORAD 43162 · COSPAR 2018-009A

SBIRS GEO-3 (USA 282)

ActivePayloadGEOMilitary derived

Altitude now

35,793.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

2.26°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,779km

Apogee

35,794km

orbit freshOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 02:53 UTC (7.0 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
1.340° S
Longitude
159.375° W
Altitude
35793.6 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 02:53 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SBIRS GEO-3 (USA 282)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
US · United States
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
20 Jan 2018
COSPAR launch id
2018-009
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch

No other catalogued object is linked to this launch.

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → USCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → USCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 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 11 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 25 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 09:09 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
43162
COSPAR / international designator
2018-009A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RTS
Canonical slug
sbirs-geo-3-usa-282-43162

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Military) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.