Satellite · NORAD 40076 · COSPAR 2014-037H
TECHDEMOSAT-1 (TDS-1)
- Operator United Kingdom
- Constellation —
- Country United Kingdom
Altitude now
550.7km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.59km/s
Inclination
98.39°
Period
95.1 min
95.1 min
Perigee
519km
Apogee
527km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:08 UTC (7.5 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.
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- Latitude
- 81.276° S
- Longitude
- 62.049° E
- Altitude
- 550.7 km
- Velocity
- 7.586 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:08 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Technology
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Partially operational [P]
- Radar cross-section
- 0.5 m²
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- UK · United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom GB
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 08 Jul 2014
- COSPAR launch id
- 2014-037
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)
Objects from the same launch · 9
- FREGAT DEB40078DebrisInactive
- METEOR-M 240069PayloadActive
- MKA-PN 2 (RELEC)40070PayloadUnknown
- DX140071PayloadActive
- SKYSAT-B40072PayloadActive
- DUMMY SAT40073PayloadUnknown
- UKUBE-140074PayloadActive
- AISSAT 240075PayloadUnknown
- SL-4 R/B40077Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → GB | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → UK | 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 9 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 9 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% |
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
- 40076
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2014-037H
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKH8R
- Canonical slug
- techdemosat-1-tds-1-40076
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Technology) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.