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SITRO-AIS 17

Russian Commercial AIS Ship Tracking Constellation · SITRO / Sitronics Group (Russia)

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SITRO-AIS 17, a 3U CubeSat contributing to a constellation dense enough to track a ship's near-complete route across open ocean, well beyond where any coastal AIS station could ever pick up its signal.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
355–361 mi (571–581 km)
Inclination
97.3°
One orbit
96.0 minutes15.0 orbits a day
NORAD ID
61789
Int’l designator
2024-199BG
Launched
2024

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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