Kuiper-00297

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/68596

  • Communications satellite
  • KUIPER-00297
  • NORAD 68596
  • 2026-072Z
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Kuiper-00297 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Atlantic Ocean

Orbit ends over the Atlantic Ocean

In the Earth’s shadow since

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In view from you

Nobody watches Kuiper-00297 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 Kuiper-00297, 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 the South China Sea LIVE

Where is Kuiper-00297?

At 6:41:15 PM UTC Kuiper-00297 was over the South China Sea (7.2° N, 114.8° E), 630 km up, moving at 7.55 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Kuiper-00297?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Apr 4, 2026.

Can I see Kuiper-00297?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Kuiper-00297, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

General

Operator
Kuiper Systems LLC
State
United States of America
Built by
Kuiper Systems LLC
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
490 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
6:41 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
6:41 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
7.2° N, 114.8° E
Altitude
630 km
Speed
7.55 km/s (27,162 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 6:49 PM UTC
Inclination
51.9°
Orbital period
97.3 minutes
Orbits per day
14.8
This orbit
629 to 631 km
In shadow
34 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,820 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 7, 2026, 2:22 PM, 1 day old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 7, 2026, 2:22 PM, 1 day old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Kuiper-00297, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Kuiper-00297 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

Kuiper-00297 shares its launch, 2026-072, with 28 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
KUIPER-00131Communications satellite
KUIPER-00189Communications satellite
KUIPER-00192Communications satellite
KUIPER-00193Communications satellite
KUIPER-00194Communications satellite
KUIPER-00229Communications satellite
KUIPER-00230Communications satellite
KUIPER-00231Communications satellite
KUIPER-00234Communications satellite
KUIPER-00236Communications satellite
KUIPER-00244Communications satellite
KUIPER-00253Communications satellite
KUIPER-00254Communications satellite
KUIPER-00263Communications satellite
KUIPER-00269Communications satellite
KUIPER-00272Communications satellite
KUIPER-00285Communications satellite
KUIPER-00286Communications satellite
KUIPER-00289Communications satellite
KUIPER-00290Communications satellite
KUIPER-00293Communications satellite
KUIPER-00294Communications satellite
KUIPER-00296Communications satellite
KUIPER-00300Communications satellite
KUIPER-00301Communications satellite
KUIPER-00304Communications satellite
KUIPER-00317Communications satellite
KUIPER-00320Communications 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.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
Kuiper-00297629 to 631 km97 minutes490 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 7, 2026, 2:22 PM, 1 day old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "KUIPER-00297",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-072Z",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-07T14:22:02.772480",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.79939815,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00008389,
  "INCLINATION": 51.9004,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 273.9579,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 52.2035,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 307.9003,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 68596,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3246,
  "BSTAR": 0.00036564601,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002568,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}