Te Punaha Atea-1

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/64533

  • TPA-1
  • NORAD 64533
  • 2025-135F
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Te Punaha Atea-1 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Russia

Orbit ends over Russia

In the Earth’s shadow since

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In view from you

Nobody watches Te Punaha Atea-1 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 Te Punaha Atea-1, 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 Yellow Sea LIVE

Where is Te Punaha Atea-1?

At 4:54:44 PM UTC Te Punaha Atea-1 was over the Yellow Sea (34.9° N, 120° E), 498 km up, moving at 7.62 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Te Punaha Atea-1?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Jun 23, 2025.

Can I see Te Punaha Atea-1?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Te Punaha Atea-1, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
Te Punaha Atea Space Institute, University of Auckland
State
New Zealand, Realm of
Built by
NanoAvionics
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, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
4:54 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:54 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
34.9° N, 120° E
Altitude
498 km
Speed
7.62 km/s (27,436 km/h)
Course
north
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 5:08 PM UTC
Inclination
97.5°
Orbital period
94.6 minutes
Orbits per day
15.23
This orbit
490 to 499 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,560 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM, 15 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM, 15 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Te Punaha Atea-1, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Te Punaha Atea-1 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

Te Punaha Atea-1 shares its launch, 2025-135, with 66 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
GOOD ANCESTOR KILAKILACommunications satellite
GHGSAT-C12Earth-watching satellite
DUTHSAT-2Satellite
OBJECT DEarth-watching satellite
OBJECT ESatellite
CONNECTA IOT-9Communications satellite
UND ROADS 1Satellite
FOSSASAT2E21Communications satellite
OTTER PUP 2Satellite
IOD2_STARTICALCommunications satellite
ELARA 1Earth-watching satellite
ARCSTONESpace telescope
PULSAR-0Navigation satellite
USPWSA-DRAGOONCommunications satellite
SKYBEE-A02Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-020Satellite
FORGESTAR-1Satellite
OBJECT VEarth-watching satellite
GHGSAT-C13Earth-watching satellite
UND ROADS 2Satellite
BRO-18Satellite
SATMARCommunications satellite
HYPERFIELD-1BEarth-watching satellite
CONNECTA IOT-12Communications satellite
OBJECT ACEarth-watching satellite
CONNECTA IOT-10Communications satellite
OBJECT AEEarth-watching satellite
CONNECTA IOT-11Communications satellite
QUICK3Satellite
PADRESpace telescope
OBJECT AJCommunications satellite
LEMUR 2 KRISHCommunications satellite
HUBBLE 6Communications satellite
AE3VACommunications satellite
TIME FLIESNavigation satellite
LEMUR 2 HUBBLE-4Communications satellite
ARVAKER-3Satellite
ARVAKER-2Satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-3Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-2Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X54Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-5Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X52Earth-watching satellite
MUSAT3Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X56Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-018Satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-6Earth-watching satellite
LYRA-3Communications satellite
ICEYE-X57Earth-watching satellite
GRUS-3ALPHAEarth-watching satellite
YAM-10Satellite
ICEYE-X55Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-4Earth-watching satellite
CAPELLA-17 (ACADIA)Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X53Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-9Earth-watching satellite
LEMUR 2 SEJONG-2Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-8Earth-watching satellite
BIFROST-DNKEarth-watching satellite
SATORO-T3Satellite
OBJECT BQSatellite
AE2AEarth-watching satellite
HUBBLE 7Communications satellite
LEMUR 2 HUBBLE-5Communications satellite
LEMUR 2 KARENDARRELLCommunications satellite
LEMUR-2-LUCILLE-ROSECommunications 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, 12:59 AM, 15 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "TPA-1",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2025-135F",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T00:59:15.386784",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.22718538,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00063539,
  "INCLINATION": 97.482,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 66.1049,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 55.2524,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 304.931,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 64533,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 7673,
  "BSTAR": 0.00022318283,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00005136,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}