FARRAH I

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/13172

  • Military
  • OPS 6553
  • NORAD 13172
  • 1982-041C
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where FARRAH I is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Canada

Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches FARRAH I 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 FARRAH I, 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 to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over the United States of America LIVE

Where is FARRAH I?

At 7:04:00 PM UTC FARRAH I was over the United States of America (40.8° N, 113.6° W), 543 km up, moving at 7.6 km/s and in sunlight.

What is FARRAH I?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since May 11, 1982.

Can I see FARRAH I?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for FARRAH I, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
National Reconnaissance Office
State
United States of America
Built by
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Military
Yes: a defence organisation flies it
Launched
Mass
368 kg
Operating
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

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

Latest orbital data

Position received
7:04 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
7:04 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
40.8° N, 113.6° W
Altitude
543 km
Speed
7.6 km/s (27,356 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight until 7:49 PM UTC
Inclination
96°
Orbital period
95.5 minutes
Orbits per day
15.07
This orbit
534 to 549 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,650 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 4:06 AM, 14 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 4:06 AM, 14 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for FARRAH I, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to FARRAH I 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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 4:06 AM, 14 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OPS 6553",
  "OBJECT_ID": "1982-041C",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T04:06:42.500736",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.07198624,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00107477,
  "INCLINATION": 96.0118,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 34.6974,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 132.0619,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 228.1529,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 13172,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 13734,
  "BSTAR": 0.00040993515,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00006138,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}