Satellite · NORAD 35946 · COSPAR 2009-055A
WORLDVIEW-2 (WV-2)
- Operator Maxar Technologies
- Constellation Maxar WorldView / Legion
- Country United States
Altitude now
768.0km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.47km/s
Inclination
98.47°
Period
100.1 min
100.1 min
Perigee
763km
Apogee
768km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:08 UTC (8.5 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
- 32.136° N
- Longitude
- 8.646° W
- Altitude
- 768.0 km
- Velocity
- 7.474 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:08 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Earth observation
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Operational [+]
- Radar cross-section
- 7.0 m²
- Constellation membership derived
- Maxar WorldView / Legion via name_pattern
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- Maxar Technologies
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 08 Oct 2009
- COSPAR launch id
- 2009-055
Objects from the same launch · 17
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41735DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41736DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41737DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41738DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41739DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41740DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41741DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41742DebrisInactive
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB41743DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB43386DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB43387DebrisDecayed
- WORLDVIEW-2 DEB43388DebrisDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 6 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 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% |
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
- 35946
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2009-055A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P46
- Canonical slug
- worldview-2-wv-2-35946
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.