R5-S9

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  • NORAD 69901
  • 2026-156AJ
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where R5-S9 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

In the Earth’s shadow since

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In view from you

Nobody watches R5-S9 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 R5-S9, 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 Russia LIVE

Where is R5-S9?

At 4:53:57 PM UTC R5-S9 was over Russia (71.4° N, 113.3° E), 603 km up, moving at 7.57 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is R5-S9?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Jul 7, 2026.

Can I see R5-S9?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for R5-S9, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
State
United States of America
Built by
NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
Launched
Mass
10 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
4:53 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
4:53 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
71.4° N, 113.3° E
Altitude
603 km
Speed
7.57 km/s (27,241 km/h)
Course
south-west
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 5:26 PM UTC
Inclination
97.7°
Orbital period
96.6 minutes
Orbits per day
14.91
This orbit
587 to 595 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,770 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 7, 2026, 4:15 PM, 1 day old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 7, 2026, 4:15 PM, 1 day old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for R5-S9, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to R5-S9 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

R5-S9 shares its launch, 2026-156, with 77 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
CAS500-4Satellite
ICEYE-X79Earth-watching satellite
PELICAN-11Earth-watching satellite
TOM-1Earth-watching satellite
FIRESAT2Earth-watching satellite
CUBY-4Earth-watching satellite
CUBY-3Earth-watching satellite
ION SCV-023Satellite
MAVERICSatellite
GRUS-3GEarth-watching satellite
ANDURIL-216Satellite
SCION-XSatellite
CUBY-2Earth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2-DELOITTE-6Communications satellite
HYPERION-GR1Communications satellite
YAM-17Earth-watching satellite
GRUS-3AEarth-watching satellite
FIRESAT1Earth-watching satellite
NAVIGATORSatellite
SPEAR-1BSatellite
ICEYE-X81Earth-watching satellite
FIRESAT3Earth-watching satellite
GRUS-3CEarth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X77Earth-watching satellite
ICEYE-X80Earth-watching satellite
GRUS-3FEarth-watching satellite
MIKROGLOB-1Satellite
BRO-31Satellite
SPEAR-1CSatellite
GRUS-3EEarth-watching satellite
FOSSASAT2E26Communications satellite
SPEAR-1ASatellite
CUBY-1Earth-watching satellite
BALKAN-3Earth-watching satellite
KITA-53Communications satellite
LEMUR-2-ALEX-FULTONCommunications satellite
TOM-3Earth-watching satellite
CUBY-5Earth-watching satellite
MISR-D-1Satellite
KITA-36Communications satellite
LEMUR-2-DELOITTE-5Communications satellite
SUCHAI-4Satellite
MARMOTSATSatellite
IPOS-TDSMCommunications satellite
TOM-2Earth-watching satellite
MISR-D-2Satellite
KOYOSatellite
CITY LABS BOHRSatellite
GRUS-3BEarth-watching satellite
GRUS-3DEarth-watching satellite
MARINASatellite
APEX NOVA 1Satellite
POSIDONIACommunications satellite
RAFSSatellite
CENTAURI-9Communications satellite
ET-001ANavigation satellite
LEMUR-2-JESS-RCommunications satellite
REPLICATOR-2Satellite
LEMUR-2-ALYXCommunications satellite
N2-P-BODYEarth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2-SOPHILUNA-X1Communications satellite
GRITSSSatellite
LEMUR-2-NURAYEarth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2-CRIMBOREALISCommunications satellite
LEMUR-2-DELOITTE-4Communications satellite
KOSTKACommunications satellite
OASIS ALPHASatellite
LEONAV-1Satellite
CYBERCUBESatellite
CLOUDCT-PRECURSOREarth-watching satellite
LEMUR-2-ELEONOREEarth-watching satellite
ET-001BNavigation satellite
ET-001CNavigation satellite
ET-001DNavigation satellite
FLORBELACommunications satellite
CESARIOCommunications satellite
TORGACommunications 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 7, 2026, 4:15 PM, 1 day old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "R5-S9",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-156AJ",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-07T16:15:58.448448",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.91266473,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00060657,
  "INCLINATION": 97.7419,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 209.8938,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 82.288,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 277.9027,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 69901,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 1838,
  "BSTAR": 0.00015029204,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001441,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}