OBJECT G

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/47697

  • NORAD 47697
  • 2021-014G
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where OBJECT G is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Pacific Ocean

Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean

In the Earth’s shadow since

Back in sunlight

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches OBJECT G 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 OBJECT G, 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

  2. Close approach

    On Tuesday, Oct 13 at 5:52 AM UTC, a fragment of Delta 1 (NORAD 9701) was to pass within 670 m of Object G (NORAD 47697). The chance was about 1 in 9,000.

Summary

Over the Indian Ocean LIVE

Where is OBJECT G?

At 7:10:07 PM UTC OBJECT G was over the Indian Ocean (8.3° S, 70° E), 1,234 km up, moving at 7.18 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is OBJECT G?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Feb 24, 2021.

Can I see OBJECT G?

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

General

Launched
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the launch day. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
7:10 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
7:10 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
8.3° S, 70° E
Altitude
1,234 km
Speed
7.18 km/s (25,830 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 7:20 PM UTC
Inclination
63.4°
Orbital period
107.3 minutes
Orbits per day
13.42
This orbit
973 to 1,232 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 2,710 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 7:29 AM, 11 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 7:29 AM, 11 hours old.

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

In orbit

Close approaches
1 reported. No close approach to OBJECT G is reported for the next three 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

OBJECT G shares its launch, 2021-014, with 6 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
YAOGAN-31 GSatellite
OBJECT BSatellite
YAOGAN-31 HSatellite
OBJECT DSatellite
YAOGAN-31 JSatellite
CZ-4C R/BRocket body

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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 7:29 AM, 11 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT G",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2021-014G",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T07:29:40.507296",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 13.41626505,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.01731417,
  "INCLINATION": 63.3952,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 222.5448,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 0.3244,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 359.7863,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 47697,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 27933,
  "BSTAR": 0.000068526711,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -4.8e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}