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Satellite · NORAD 43562 · COSPAR 2018-059A

TELSTAR 19V

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

35,782.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.01°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,776km

Apogee

35,798km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:56 UTC (8.8 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 TELSTAR 19VTELSTAR 19V
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
0.034° N
Longitude
62.983° W
Altitude
35782.1 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:56 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Telesat (Anik / Telstar / Lightspeed) via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • TELSTAR 19VCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Telesat
SATCAT owner code
CA · Canada
Country
Canada CA

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
22 Jul 2018
COSPAR launch id
2018-059
Launch site
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Objects from the same launch · 1

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner Code∅ → CACelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 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 9 h 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 ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

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
43562
COSPAR / international designator
2018-059A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RX2
Canonical slug
telstar-19v-43562

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.