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Satellite · NORAD 32487 · COSPAR 2008-006A

THOR 5

ActivePayloadGEOUnknown derived
  • Operator Norway
  • Constellation
  • Country Norway

Altitude now

35,792.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.07km/s

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,777km

Apogee

35,796km

orbit agingOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:06 UTC (20.3 h old)· Metadata updated 13 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 THOR 5THOR 5
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Latitude
0.015° S
Longitude
0.773° W
Altitude
35792.1 km
Velocity
3.074 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 07:06 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • THOR 5Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
NOR · Norway
Country
Norway NO

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
11 Feb 2008
COSPAR launch id
2008-006

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeNOCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodeNORCelestrak 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 5 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 13 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
32487
COSPAR / international designator
2008-006A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM28P
Canonical slug
thor-5-32487

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.