NORAD 47971
GLOBAL-9
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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Speed
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From your location
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- Right ascension
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 47971
- International designator
- 2021-023G
- Launch date
- Mar 22, 2021
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex
- Radar size (RCS)
- Medium (0.1–1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 400.876 MHz · FM401.500 MHz · BPSK
- Beacon
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- Mode
- BPSK, FM
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 DopplerTelemetry
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 400.876 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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UHF Unknown
Transmitter · BPSK
- Downlink
- 401.500 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-31 01:13:44 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 93 minutes, on an orbit tilted 45.0° from the equator, between 21,342,925,231 and 22,041,356,837 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About GLOBAL-9
GLOBAL-9 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Mar 22, 2021 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex.
It circles Earth every 93 minutes (15.5 times a day), between 409 and 413 km up, on an orbit tilted 45.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 45° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 20 days its lowest point went from 411 km to 409 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.