- JACKAL-004
- NORAD 69012
- 2026-100AJ
- Low Earth orbit
Current orbit
View on live mapOrbit began over the Pacific Ocean
Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean
In the Earth’s shadow since
Back in sunlight
In view from you
Nobody watches Jackal-0004 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 Jackal-0004, 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
- Rendezvous
Jackal-0004 came up beside VICTUS HAZE Puma, June 2026 to July 2026, as public sources state. Its sources
- Rendezvous
On Friday, Oct 23 at 9:07 PM UTC, Jackal-0004 moved up beside VICTUS HAZE Puma, 3.0 km away at the nearest so far, and a second set of elements confirmed it on Friday, Oct 23. The stages and reports
Summary
Over the Indian Ocean LIVE
Where is Jackal-0004?
At 4:54:21 PM UTC Jackal-0004 was over the Indian Ocean (47.4° S, 79.1° E), 522 km up, moving at 7.6 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.
What is Jackal-0004?
A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since May 3, 2026.
Can I see Jackal-0004?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Jackal-0004, and nothing here estimates one.
General
- Operator
- True Anomaly Inc.
- State
- United States of America
- Built by
- True Anomaly Inc.
- Launched
- Mass
- 275 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
- 47.4° S, 79.1° E
- Altitude
- 522 km
- Speed
- 7.6 km/s (27,356 km/h)
- Course
- south
- Light
- In the Earth’s shadow until 4:54 PM UTC
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- Orbital period
- 94.6 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 15.22
- This orbit
- 486 to 509 km
- In shadow
- 36 minutes of each orbit
- In view from
- Within 1,610 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Nov 8, 2026, 12:07 AM, 16 hours old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 12:07 AM, 16 hours old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for Jackal-0004, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- No close approach to Jackal-0004 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
Jackal-0004 shares its launch, 2026-100, with 44 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.
| Body | What it is |
|---|---|
| PEARL-1B | Communications satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-7 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-10 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-11 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-12 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-13 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-14 | Earth-watching satellite |
| IRIDE-MS2-HEO-15 | Earth-watching satellite |
| OT-FOREST-17 TELPERION | Earth-watching satellite |
| BUSANSAT | Earth-watching satellite |
| PEARL-1A | Communications satellite |
| YAM-11 | Earth-watching satellite |
| YAM-16 | Earth-watching satellite |
| YAM-13 | Earth-watching satellite |
| NULINK-2 | Communications satellite |
| ICEYE-X78 | Earth-watching satellite |
| ICEYE-X82 | Earth-watching satellite |
| YAM-15 | Earth-watching satellite |
| OT-FOREST-16 SOWITASGOHT | Earth-watching satellite |
| FOREST-18 MANGOSHRIKHAND | Earth-watching satellite |
| GEMINI-POLLUX | Satellite |
| OT-FOREST-19 PATADASTRA | Earth-watching satellite |
| NULINK-1 | Communications satellite |
| YAM-12 | Earth-watching satellite |
| GEN1A-1 | Communications satellite |
| GEN1A-2 | Communications satellite |
| ORBASTRO-JEN1 | Satellite |
| BRO-21 | Satellite |
| YAM-14 | Earth-watching satellite |
| BSLT-3 | Satellite |
| DRISHTI | Earth-watching satellite |
| EYCORE-1 | Earth-watching satellite |
| CAS500-2 | Satellite |
| SNAPPY | Satellite |
| FRONTIERSAT | Satellite |
| RAVEN | Satellite |
| EDDA-1 300E | Earth-watching satellite |
| PELICAN-8 300F | Earth-watching satellite |
| PELICAN-9 3010 | Earth-watching satellite |
| SELENE | Satellite |
| HELIOS | Satellite |
| HYDRA-3 | Earth-watching satellite |
| QUBE2 | Communications satellite |
| BALKAN-2 | Earth-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.
Data and API
The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 12:07 AM, 16 hours old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "JACKAL-004",
"OBJECT_ID": "2026-100AJ",
"EPOCH": "2026-11-08T00:07:33.062592",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.2172902,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00169537,
"INCLINATION": 97.4495,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 208.0493,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 335.0916,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 24.95,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 69012,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 2867,
"BSTAR": 0.00027516106,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00006186,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}