Satellite · NORAD 26998 · COSPAR 2001-055B
TIMED
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
598.6km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.56km/s
Inclination
74.07°
Period
96.3 min
96.3 min
Perigee
580km
Apogee
582km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:53 UTC (9.4 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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
- 47.428° S
- Longitude
- 61.819° E
- Altitude
- 598.6 km
- Velocity
- 7.559 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:53 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 07 Dec 2001
- COSPAR launch id
- 2001-055
Objects from the same launch · 6
- DELTA 2 DEB [DPAF]27000DebrisInactive
- TIMED DEB27497DebrisDecayed
- JASON-1 DEB35414DebrisInactive
- JASON-1 DEB37379DebrisInactive
- JASON-126997PayloadUnknown
- DELTA 2 R/B26999Rocket bodyDecayed
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 4 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 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 22:59 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
- 26998
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2001-055B
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM247
- Canonical slug
- timed-26998
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.