OBJECT XU, 66908

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OBJECT XU, 66908 is an American satellite in LEO that was delivered to and deployed from the ISS. Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

66908, 1998-067XU

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m²

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 OBJECT XU
1 66908U 98067XU  26087.07290118  .00225038  00000-0  13700-2 0  9993
2 66908  51.6247 331.3755 0006133 198.7840 161.2934 15.76216894 18074

Epoch: 2026-03-28T01:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-28T01:44:58.661Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

119.63263°

Altitude

345.822 km

Speed

7.7 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 05m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

17:40:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

345.808 km

Perigee altitude

337.565 km

Semi-major axis

6,719.824 km

Eccentricity

0.00061

Inclination

51.6247°

RAAN

331.3755°

Arg. of periapsis

198.784°

True anomaly

161.31592°

Mean anomaly

161.2934°

Eccentric anomaly

161.30466°

Mean motion

3.94009 °/min

Orbital period

91.37 mins

BSTAR

0.00137

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ZIMSAT-1, 54537 (Decayed)

CLARKSAT-1, 58613 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 29257 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 34605 (Decayed)

KITSUNE, 52148 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 44515 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 39141 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (ERA OUTFITTING), 56434 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 33205 (Decayed)

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2026-03-28 18:39:37.213Z	204.748° SW	2026-03-28 18:41:37.213Z	154.647° SSE	30.815°	2026-03-28 18:43:37.213Z	76.575° E

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OBJECT XU, 66908

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-28T01:44:58.661Z)

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