Satellite · NORAD 39418 · COSPAR 2013-066C
SKYSAT-A
- Operator Planet Labs PBC
- Constellation Planet Flock (Dove)
- Country United States
Altitude now
558.3km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.57km/s
Inclination
97.37°
Period
95.2 min
95.2 min
Perigee
511km
Apogee
541km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:17 UTC (7.4 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.
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- Latitude
- 51.167° S
- Longitude
- 171.434° E
- Altitude
- 558.3 km
- Velocity
- 7.574 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:17 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Earth observation
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Operational [+]
- Radar cross-section
- 0.3 m²
- Constellation membership derived
- Planet Flock (Dove) via celestrak_groupPlanet SkySat via name_pattern
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- Planet Labs PBC
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 21 Nov 2013
- COSPAR launch id
- 2013-066
- Launch site
- Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site
Objects from the same launch · 33
- SL-24 DEB39449DebrisDecayed
- SL-24 DEB39450DebrisInactive
- APRIZESAT 739416PayloadActive
- ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT)39417PayloadActive
- DUBAISAT-239419PayloadActive
- OPTOS39420PayloadActive
- UNISAT-539421PayloadUnknown
- STSAT-339422PayloadActive
- WNISAT-139423PayloadActive
- CINEMA-2 (KHUSAT-2)39424PayloadUnknown
- APRIZESAT 839425PayloadActive
- CINEMA-3 (KHUSAT-2)39426PayloadUnknown
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation Id | con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJD → con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJC | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC |
| Constellation Id | con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJD → con_01M28X1Z9RKBX5Y9ZQXP8N9EJC | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:56 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | 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 8 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 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 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
- 39418
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2013-066C
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69W0
- Canonical slug
- skysat-a-39418
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.