LATINSAT A

NORAD 27612· COSPAR 2002-058H· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 20, 2002 from 109/95, Kazakhstan aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:33 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

—

Country

Argentina

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 20, 2002

Mass

—

Apogee

651 km

Perigee

584 km

Inclination

64.55°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LATINSAT A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

584 × 651 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2002-058 (Dnepr | AATiS-OSCAR-49).

LATINSAT B · 27606
SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50) · 27607

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