OBJECT XY, 66912

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OBJECT XY, 66912 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

66912, 1998-067XY

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (28 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, Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 OBJECT XY
1 66912U 98067XY  26168.53840508  .00464559  10291-3  93027-3 0  9993
2 66912  51.6174 272.2153 0011402 325.9089  34.1186 15.99065949 30908

Epoch: 2026-06-17T12:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-17T12:55:18.198Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

172.59474°

Altitude

271.484 km

Speed

7.749 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 08m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

12:32:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

285.12 km

Perigee altitude

269.942 km

Semi-major axis

6,655.668 km

Eccentricity

0.00114

Inclination

51.6174°

RAAN

272.2153°

Arg. of periapsis

325.9089°

True anomaly

34.19197°

Mean anomaly

34.1186°

Eccentric anomaly

34.15528°

Mean motion

3.9972 °/min

Orbital period

90.06 mins

BSTAR

0.00093027

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

ISS DEB, 39230 (Decayed)

ARKSAT 1, 56311 (Decayed)

UBAKUSAT, 43467 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 28408 (Decayed)

YUZGU 9, 53310 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 28412 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2B 8, 40957 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2B 2, 40951 (Decayed)

CADRE, 41475 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 28635 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2E 2, 41484 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1B 15, 40126 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 43203 (Decayed)

BEVO 2, 41314 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 44305 (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	2026-06-18 10:07:02.794Z	249.331° W	2026-06-18 10:09:02.794Z	302.691° NW	35.004°	2026-06-18 10:11:02.794Z	38.303° NE

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OBJECT XY, 66912

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-17T12:55:18.198Z)

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