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AAC-AIS-SAT2
Swedish Commercial AIS Ship Tracking Satellite · AAC Clyde Space (Sweden)
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AAC-AIS-Sat2, a Swedish commercial satellite carrying an AIS receiver to track ship transponder signals across open ocean, contributing to an increasingly dense global mesh of maritime tracking satellites that lets authorities monitor vessel positions where no coastal radar station could ever pick up a ship's signal.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 357–407 mi (575–655 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 96.8 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 56996
- Int’l designator
- 2023-084BY
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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