FossaSat 2E-27

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/101140

  • Communications satellite
  • FOSSASAT2E27
  • NORAD 101140
  • 2026-237AF
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where FossaSat 2E-27 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Brazil

Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean

In the Earth’s shadow since

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Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches FossaSat 2E-27 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for FossaSat 2E-27, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint for the naked eye. What reaches you from it reaches a dish or an antenna, not an eye.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over the South China Sea LIVE

Where is FossaSat 2E-27?

At 4:41:15 PM UTC FossaSat 2E-27 was over the South China Sea (9° N, 113.3° E), 597 km up, moving at 7.56 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is FossaSat 2E-27?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 20, 2026.

Can I see FossaSat 2E-27?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for FossaSat 2E-27, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

General

Operator
Fossa Systems
State
Spain (Kingdom of)
Built by
Fossa Systems
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
5 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, what it is for, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
4:41 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:41 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
9° N, 113.3° E
Altitude
597 km
Speed
7.56 km/s (27,220 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 4:56 PM UTC
Inclination
53°
Orbital period
96.5 minutes
Orbits per day
14.92
This orbit
588 to 597 km
In shadow
36 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,750 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 7:53 AM, 8 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 7:53 AM, 8 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for FossaSat 2E-27, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to FossaSat 2E-27 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

FossaSat 2E-27 shares its launch, 2026-237, with 30 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
PULSAR-001Communications satellite
PULSAR-002Communications satellite
PULSAR-003Earth-watching satellite
PULSAR-004Satellite
IMPULSE-4 MIRANavigation satellite
SIRIUS-ASatellite
FRG-100D4Navigation satellite
CAPELLA-21 (ACADIA)Satellite
HAWK-15ASatellite
HAWK-15BSatellite
HAWK-15CSatellite
ICEYE-X84Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X88Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X109Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X110Earth-watching satellite
OBJECT RNavigation satellite
GNOMES-11Navigation satellite
PELICAN-12 3013Earth-watching satellite
UMBRA-13Earth-watching satellite
UMBRA-14Earth-watching satellite
CAPELLA-22 (ACADIA)Navigation satellite
TOMORROW-S14Earth-watching satellite
TOMORROW-S15Earth-watching satellite
T-MICROSAT-3Navigation satellite
T-MICROSAT-4Earth-watching satellite
STARBURST-1Satellite
PTS-1Navigation satellite
W-SERIES 7Satellite
MAXWELLSatellite
SIRIUS-BCommunications satellite

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
FossaSat 2E-27588 to 597 km97 minutes5 kg2026
BlueWalker 3443 to 453 km94 minutesabout 1.5 t2022
Hispasat 30W-635,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 6.1 t2018
Amazonas Nexus35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 4.1 t2023
ARSAT-135,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 3 t2014
Astra 1N35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 5.3 t2011

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 7:53 AM, 8 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "FOSSASAT2E27",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-237AF",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T07:53:44.132928",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.91861283,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00064409,
  "INCLINATION": 52.9832,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 239.9181,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 346.0857,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 13.9946,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 101140,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 282,
  "BSTAR": 0.00012410856,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001019,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}