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Satellite · NORAD 61049 · COSPAR 2024-163E

SPACEMOBILE-004

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived

Altitude now

500.4km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.62km/s

Inclination

52.97°

Period

94.7 min

94.7 min

Perigee

498km

Apogee

510km

orbit agingOrbit updated 26 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:55 UTC (20.7 h old)· Metadata updated 26 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.

Ground track of SPACEMOBILE-004SPACEMOBILE-004
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
33.459° N
Longitude
121.857° W
Altitude
500.4 km
Velocity
7.622 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:55 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SPACEMOBILE-004Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
US · United States

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
12 Sept 2024
COSPAR launch id
2024-163

Objects from the same launch · 9

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeUSCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 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 18 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 26 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 03:03 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
61049
COSPAR / international designator
2024-163E
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SY36RAER0DHRM4WJMV7
Canonical slug
spacemobile-004-61049

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.