- ION SCV-006
- NORAD 52761
- 2022-057AF
- Low Earth orbit
Current orbit
View on live mapOrbit began over the Pacific Ocean
Orbit ends over the Tasman Sea
Sunlit since
Enters the Earth’s shadow
In view from you
Nobody watches ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS 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 ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS, 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
- Launch
Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source
Summary
Over the Ross Sea LIVE
Where is ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS?
At 5:41:32 PM UTC ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS was over the Ross Sea (75.4° S, 173.8° W), 440 km up, moving at 7.65 km/s and in sunlight.
What is ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS?
A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since May 25, 2022.
Can I see ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS, and nothing here estimates one.
General
- Operator
- D-ORBIT
- State
- Italian Republic
- Built by
- D-ORBIT
- Launched
- Mass
- 150 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, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.
Latest orbital data
- Position received
- 5:41 PM UTC
- Station time (UTC)
- 5:41 PM UTC
- Latitude / longitude
- 75.4° S, 173.8° W
- Altitude
- 440 km
- Speed
- 7.65 km/s (27,544 km/h)
- Course
- north-west
- Light
- In sunlight until 5:59 PM UTC
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- Orbital period
- 93 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 15.48
- This orbit
- 408 to 429 km
- In shadow
- 27 minutes of each orbit
- In view from
- Within 1,430 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Nov 8, 2026, 5:36 AM, 12 hours old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 5:36 AM, 12 hours old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- No close approach to ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS 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.
Launched with
ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS shares its launch, 2022-057, with 10 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.
| Body | What it is |
|---|---|
| GHGSAT-C3 | Earth-watching satellite |
| GHGSAT-C5 | Earth-watching satellite |
| GHGSAT-C4 | Earth-watching satellite |
| OBJECT V | Satellite |
| HAWK-5C | Satellite |
| HAWK-5B | Satellite |
| HAWK-5A | Satellite |
| VIGORIDE 3 | Satellite |
| SHERPA-AC1 | Satellite |
| OMNI-L2 | Communications 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.
Data and API
The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 5:36 AM, 12 hours old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "ION SCV-006",
"OBJECT_ID": "2022-057AF",
"EPOCH": "2026-11-08T05:36:59.610528",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.48312351,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00149809,
"INCLINATION": 97.6251,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 108.2856,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 315.5073,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 44.4973,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 52761,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 24838,
"BSTAR": 0.00038573458,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00020393,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}