NORAD 1804
ALOUETTE 2
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Altitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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- Kilometers per second
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- Miles per second
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From your location
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- Elevation
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- Right ascension
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- Declination
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 1804
- International designator
- 1965-098A
- Launch date
- Nov 29, 1965
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 136.981 MHz · USB
- Beacon
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- Mode
- USB
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Dopplercarrier wave
Transmitter · Space Research · USB
- Downlink
- 136.981 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-19 02:57:52 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 117 minutes, on an orbit tilted 79.8° from the equator, between 509 and 2,791 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About ALOUETTE 2
ALOUETTE 2 is a satellite from Canada, launched on Nov 29, 1965 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 117 minutes (12.3 times a day), between 500 and 2,612 km up, on an orbit tilted 79.8° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 80° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Alouette 2 · defunct Canadian research satellite
- Operated by
- Communications Research Centre Canada
- Built by
- RCA Victor
- Mass
- 147 kg
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