PEARL-1B

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/68980

  • Communications satellite
  • NORAD 68980
  • 2026-100A
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where PEARL-1B is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the United States of America

Orbit ends over the United States of America

In the Earth’s shadow since

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In view from you

Nobody watches PEARL-1B 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 PEARL-1B, 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 Russia LIVE

Where is PEARL-1B?

At 4:55:16 PM UTC PEARL-1B was over Russia (73.8° N, 113° E), 605 km up, moving at 7.57 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is PEARL-1B?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since May 3, 2026.

Can I see PEARL-1B?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for PEARL-1B, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

General

Operator
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)
State
China, Republic of (Taiwan)
Built by
EnduroSat Trading EOOD
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
8.8 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
4:55 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:55 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
73.8° N, 113° E
Altitude
605 km
Speed
7.57 km/s (27,234 km/h)
Course
south-west
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 5:27 PM UTC
Inclination
97.7°
Orbital period
96.6 minutes
Orbits per day
14.91
This orbit
586 to 597 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,770 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 3:34 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 3:34 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for PEARL-1B, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to PEARL-1B 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

PEARL-1B shares its launch, 2026-100, with 44 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-7Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-10Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-11Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-12Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-13Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-14Earth-watching satellite
IRIDE-MS2-HEO-15Earth-watching satellite
OT-FOREST-17 TELPERIONEarth-watching satellite
BUSANSATEarth-watching satellite
PEARL-1ACommunications satellite
YAM-11Earth-watching satellite
YAM-16Earth-watching satellite
YAM-13Earth-watching satellite
NULINK-2Communications satellite
ICEYE-X78Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X82Earth-watching satellite
YAM-15Earth-watching satellite
OT-FOREST-16 SOWITASGOHTEarth-watching satellite
FOREST-18 MANGOSHRIKHANDEarth-watching satellite
GEMINI-POLLUXSatellite
OT-FOREST-19 PATADASTRAEarth-watching satellite
NULINK-1Communications satellite
YAM-12Earth-watching satellite
GEN1A-1Communications satellite
GEN1A-2Communications satellite
ORBASTRO-JEN1Satellite
BRO-21Satellite
YAM-14Earth-watching satellite
BSLT-3Satellite
DRISHTIEarth-watching satellite
EYCORE-1Earth-watching satellite
JACKAL-004Satellite
CAS500-2Satellite
SNAPPYSatellite
FRONTIERSATSatellite
RAVENSatellite
EDDA-1 300EEarth-watching satellite
PELICAN-8 300FEarth-watching satellite
PELICAN-9 3010Earth-watching satellite
SELENESatellite
HELIOSSatellite
HYDRA-3Earth-watching satellite
QUBE2Communications satellite
BALKAN-2Earth-watching 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
PEARL-1B586 to 597 km97 minutes8.8 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, 3:34 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "PEARL-1B",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-100A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T03:34:15.778272",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.91047943,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00082323,
  "INCLINATION": 97.7197,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 206.4735,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 39.1534,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 321.0278,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 68980,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 2813,
  "BSTAR": 0.00027471065,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002665,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}