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OAR-0055084 ACTIVE PAYLOAD

ASTROCAST-0403

launched 2023-01-03 from AFETR · LEO regime · owner code SWTZ
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Identity
OAR Asset IDOAR-0055084
Object nameASTROCAST-0403
NORAD catalogue no.55111
COSPAR / Int'l designator2023-001DG
Object typePAYLOAD
Owner codeSWTZ
StatusACTIVE
Disposal
Decay watch
Owner / launching orgSwitzerland (Switzerland) nation
OrbitLEO · e=0.00054863
Apogee (alt)
470.9 km
Perigee (alt)
463.4 km
Period
93.94 min
Semi-major axis
6845.3 km
Inclination
97.5621°
Eccentricity
0.00054863
Mean motion
15.32898053 rev/day
Epoch
2026-07-27T16:34:34.313952
Source
GP
Launch
Launch date2023-01-03
Launch siteAFETR
Decay date
Operating company
Operator (resolved)Astrocast SA commercial
Country of incorporationSwitzerland
Corporate statusbankrupt (effective 2026-03-26)
Astrocast SA declared bankruptcy 26 Mar 2026 after 8-month moratorium (granted Jul 2025); delisted Euronext Aug 2024
Resolutionname_pattern · high confidence · sourced fact
Operator attribution (GCAT)
Operator (GCAT)Astrocast business
Lausanne (CH)
Manufacturer (GCAT)Astrocast (CH)
GCAT identifiersS55111 · 2023-001DG (P)
Name in GCATAstrocast-0403 (catalogue name differs)
Reconciliationmatched by satcat_number · confirmed
Attribution from GCAT (J. McDowell), ingested under CC-BY-4.0 and shown alongside — not in place of — the catalogue owner above. GCAT reflects one researcher's editorial synthesis of public sources; treat it as evidence of the operator, not as a determination. McDowell, J., General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (GCAT), planet4589.org/space/gcat, CC-BY-4.0
UN registration
UN registrationNOT REGISTERED — GCAT assesses that CH ought to have registered it
Registration metadata as reproduced in GCAT from the UN Register (ST/SG/SER.E and A/AC.105/INF series). Registration is a self-assertion by the state of registry; under Registration Convention Art. II a state of registry must be a launching state.
Launching State attributionJOINT & SEVERAL
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launch, or the launch occurs from its territory or facility. Status is fixed at launch and does not transfer with the operator.
LimbStateTierBasis
Launch agency US T3 DERIVED Launch conducted by SpaceX (US)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which launches a space object
Facility US T3 DERIVED Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, a facility of US
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose facility an object is launched
Territory US T3 DERIVED Launch site Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA is on the territory of US (operated by US) — OAR launch-site mapping (CelesTrak SATCAT site code)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose territory an object is launched
Procurement CH T4 INFERRED Inferred from owner nationality: Astrocast (CH)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which procures the launching (INFERRED, not established)
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launching, or the launch is from its territory or facility — more than one State can qualify for one object, and launching States are jointly and severally liable (Liability Convention Art. V). Launching-State status is fixed at launch and does not transfer when operators change. Tier 4 claims are inferred from owner nationality and are the weakest: rideshare procurement through integrators is genuinely contestable.
Aliases
Every identifier that resolves to this OAR ID.
COSPAR2023-001DG
NAMEASTROCAST-0403
NORAD55111
Record history
Logged events for this record — from the ingest log and reported lifecycle events, not a reconstruction.
2026-07-27T16:34:34.313952
Element set refreshed from CelesTrak GP
2026-07-28T08:36:12.751Z
Record last updated by ingest
2026-07-02T14:46:45.048Z
Object catalogued · OAR ID issued