Satellite · NORAD 2872 · COSPAR 1967-053F
SURCAL 159
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
915.6km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.39km/s
Inclination
69.97°
Period
102.9 min
102.9 min
Perigee
890km
Apogee
900km
orbit freshOrbit updated 7 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:37 UTC (11.4 h old)· Metadata updated 7 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
- 50.971° S
- Longitude
- 61.925° W
- Altitude
- 915.6 km
- Velocity
- 7.393 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:37 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 31 May 1967
- COSPAR launch id
- 1967-053
Objects from the same launch · 10
- P/L 153 DEB19245DebrisInactive
- P/L 153 DEB39247DebrisDecayed
- OPS 5712 (P/L 160)2826PayloadActive
- GGSE 42828PayloadUnknown
- GGSE 52834PayloadUnknown
- TIMATION 12847PayloadUnknown
- OPS 5712 (P/L 152)2873PayloadUnknown
- OPS 5712 (P/L 153)2874PayloadActive
- SURCAL 150B2909PayloadDecayed
- THOR AGENA D R/B2825Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 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 3 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 13 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 | 12 Sept 2026 05:05 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
- 2872
- COSPAR / international designator
- 1967-053F
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWS09G5GTPVRR2KEN1M
- Canonical slug
- surcal-159-2872
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.