NORSAT 3

NORAD 48272· COSPAR 2021-034E· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Apr 29, 2021 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.

Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:54 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

—

Country

Norway

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 29, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

556 km

Perigee

548 km

Inclination

97.52°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NORSAT 3 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.2 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

548 × 556 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

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-034 (Vega | Pléiades Neo 3).

PLEIADES NEO 3 · 48268
LEMUR-2-AMANDA-SVANTE · 48269
AII-BRAVO · 48270
TYVAK-182A · 48271

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