Black Kite 2

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  • Communications satellite
  • BLACK KITE-2
  • NORAD 68474
  • 2026-067BL
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Black Kite 2 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Arctic Ocean

Orbit ends over the Arctic Ocean

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Black Kite 2 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 Black Kite 2, 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 Antarctica LIVE

Where is Black Kite 2?

At 4:54:19 PM UTC Black Kite 2 was over Antarctica (66.8° S, 129.1° E), 615 km up, moving at 7.55 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Black Kite 2?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Mar 30, 2026.

Can I see Black Kite 2?

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

General

Operator
Taiwan Space Agency
State
China, Republic of (Taiwan)
Built by
Rapidtek Technologies Inc
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
15 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
4:54 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:54 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
66.8° S, 129.1° E
Altitude
615 km
Speed
7.55 km/s (27,176 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight until 5:53 PM UTC
Inclination
97.8°
Orbital period
96.4 minutes
Orbits per day
14.93
This orbit
583 to 588 km
In shadow
29 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,790 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 7:45 AM, 9 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 7:45 AM, 9 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Black Kite 2, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Black Kite 2 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

Black Kite 2 shares its launch, 2026-067, with 95 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
PEAKSATCommunications satellite
JACK-002Earth-watching satellite
OPTISATSatellite
FEMTO-1Satellite
ERMIS2Communications satellite
VIREON-2Earth-watching satellite
BRO-19Satellite
SPOQCCommunications satellite
SPACEVAN-002Satellite
ERMIS3Communications satellite
OBJECT LSatellite
EMISARCommunications satellite
OUT OF THE BOXSatellite
TROOP-F3Satellite
VEGASatellite
DISCO-2Earth-watching satellite
NUSAT-53 (JANE GOODALL)Earth-watching satellite
T-MICROSAT-2Communications satellite
VIREON-1Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-019Satellite
HAWK-14BSatellite
AIGLONSAT-1Satellite
OBJECT YSatellite
OBJECT ZSatellite
OBJECT AAEarth-watching satellite
HAWK-14CSatellite
NUSAT-54(BRANCA MARQUES)Earth-watching satellite
DB-WALI-WMUSatellite
SHARJAHSAT-2Satellite
DB-SKYFORGE CORE-TUSatellite
HADES-SA (SPINNYONE)Communications satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-14Satellite
HAWK-14ASatellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-9Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-13Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-10Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-16Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-11Satellite
AISSAT 4Communications satellite
DB-CHARMS-NDSatellite
PARUS-6U1Satellite
OBJECT ATSatellite
SAL-ESatellite
DB-GLOBE MISSION EARTH-USatellite
COSMOSatellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-12Satellite
IRIDE-MS1-EAG2-15Satellite
GARAI-BEarth-watching satellite
FGN-100-D3Navigation satellite
HOTSAT-2Earth-watching satellite
DB-PRECISIONFLIGHTWORKSPSatellite
PHOBOSSatellite
ERMIS1Communications satellite
LUNA-2Communications satellite
LEMUR-2 DELOITTE-3Communications satellite
FLYLAB 1Satellite
VIGORIDE 7Satellite
UNICORN-2SEarth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2 JULIA-JOELCommunications satellite
UNICORN-2REarth-watching satellite
FOSSASAT2E25Communications satellite
LEMUR-2 PEGGY-2004Communications satellite
LEMUR-2 IRINACommunications satellite
TORO-3Earth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2 SEJONG-3Earth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2 CLARACommunications satellite
VINDLER 2.2Satellite
CAPELLA-20 (ACADIA)Earth-watching satellite
VINDLER 2.3Satellite
AE1ACommunications satellite
VINDLER 2.1Satellite
LEMUR-2 CARROLLEMOCommunications satellite
MIMIR 1Communications satellite
LEMUR-2 DELOITTE-2Communications satellite
LEMUR-2 EMARCHIACommunications satellite
LEMUR-2 POLO-11Communications satellite
ICEYE-X71Earth-watching satellite
GRAVITASSatellite
ICEYE-X73Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X75Earth-watching satellite
AAC-IO1Satellite
SERT3Satellite
ICEYE-X74Earth-watching satellite
N1-ATLASEarth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X76Earth-watching satellite
FLYLAB 2Satellite
ICEYE-X72Earth-watching satellite
GEMS2-AMETHYSTEarth-watching satellite
AEPEXSatellite
CAMOESCommunications satellite
MARS-1Satellite
BESSACommunications satellite
SARAMAGOCommunications satellite
PESSOACommunications satellite
R5-S10Satellite

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
Black Kite 2583 to 588 km96 minutes15 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, 7:45 AM, 9 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "BLACK KITE-2",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-067BL",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T07:45:23.613408",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.93103682,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00034109,
  "INCLINATION": 97.7746,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 268.6675,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 107.7492,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 252.41,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 68474,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3323,
  "BSTAR": 0.00025159554,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002566,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}