NORAD 69023
QUBE2
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 69023
- International designator
- 2026-100AV
- Launch date
- May 3, 2026
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Medium (0.1–1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Sub-satellite grid
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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 Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-21 03:33:38 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
About QUBE2
QUBE2 is a satellite from Germany, launched on May 3, 2026 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 95 minutes (15.2 times a day), between 499 and 501 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.4° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 83° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
QUBE-II · German research satellite for testing quantum key distribution (QKD) from space
- Operated by
- Center for Telematics
- Built by
- Center for Telematics
- Mass
- 13 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 10 days its lowest point went from 499 km to 499 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.