Rocket body · NORAD 68753 · COSPAR 2026-083A
SL-4 R/B
- Operator Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
- Constellation —
- Country Russia
Altitude now
487.4km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.63km/s
Inclination
98.28°
Period
94.5 min
94.5 min
Perigee
454km
Apogee
538km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:20 UTC (11.1 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
- 6.622° N
- Longitude
- 102.035° E
- Altitude
- 487.4 km
- Velocity
- 7.628 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:20 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- CIS · Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
- Country
- Russia RU
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 16 Apr 2026
- COSPAR launch id
- 2026-083
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Objects from the same launch · 9
- SL-4 DEB68755DebrisDecayed
- SL-4 DEB68757DebrisDecayed
- COSMOS 260968754PayloadActive
- COSMOS 261068758PayloadActive
- COSMOS 261168759PayloadActive
- COSMOS 261268762PayloadActive
- COSMOS 261368763PayloadActive
- COSMOS 261468764PayloadActive
- VOLGA R/B68756Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object Type | PAYLOAD → ROCKET_BODY | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Country Code | ∅ → RU | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → CIS | 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
- 68753
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2026-083A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SZNPMZ9JD2AF4XEVCEV
- Canonical slug
- sl-4-r-b-68753
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Rocket body) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.