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Satellite · NORAD 28885 · COSPAR 2005-041B

SYRACUSE 3A

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator France
  • Constellation
  • Country France

Altitude now

35,784.3km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

4.85°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.0 min

Perigee

35,775km

Apogee

35,796km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:27 UTC (15.2 h old)· Metadata updated 9 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 SYRACUSE 3ASYRACUSE 3A
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Latitude
1.502° N
Longitude
46.620° E
Altitude
35784.3 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 12:27 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
23.6 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • SYRACUSE 3ACelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
FR · France
Country
France FR

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
13 Oct 2005
COSPAR launch id
2005-041

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeFRCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeFRCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassGEOCelestrak11 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 33 min ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 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
28885
COSPAR / international designator
2005-041B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM26K
Canonical slug
syracuse-3a-28885

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

SYRACUSE 3A — Live Orbit, NORAD 28885 | SatelliteIndex