Satellite · NORAD 68429 · COSPAR 2026-067P
TROOP-F3
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
504.3km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.61km/s
Inclination
97.46°
Period
94.7 min
94.7 min
Perigee
499km
Apogee
505km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 09:22 UTC (11.8 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.
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- Latitude
- 3.327° N
- Longitude
- 83.965° E
- Altitude
- 504.3 km
- Velocity
- 7.612 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 09:22 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 30 Mar 2026
- COSPAR launch id
- 2026-067
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- PEAKSAT68416PayloadActive
- JACK-00268417PayloadActive
- OPTISAT68418PayloadActive
- FEMTO-168419PayloadActive
- ERMIS-268420PayloadActive
- VIREON-268421PayloadActive
- BRO-1968422PayloadActive
- SPOQC68423PayloadActive
- SPACEVAN-00268424PayloadActive
- ERMIS-368425PayloadActive
- TRANSPORTER-16 OBJECT L68426PayloadActive
- EMISAR68427PayloadActive
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 7 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 20:57 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
- 68429
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2026-067P
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SZMJAW2N5H3PE94JY69
- Canonical slug
- troop-f3-68429
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.