Approximate orbit · Italy

OPTSAT-3000

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OPTSAT-3000 (NORAD 42900) is a satellite whose full orbit is not public. What is published: its height and tilt, drawn to scale, and who operates it.

Orbit

Approximate orbit, direction and position not public

440 to 450 km up · tilted 97.2° · 93.5 min a lap · as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Its height and tilt are public. Which way its orbit faces, and where it is, are not, so azmth shows no position or pass times.

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Diagram by azmth: size, shape and tilt to scale, from the catalogue's figures. It shows no place on Earth.

Height and tilt: CelesTrak, as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Catalogue

Country: Italy; From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched: 2 Aug 2017
COSPAR ID: 2017-044A
NORAD ID: 42900

Italy registered it with the UN without orbit values (ST/SG/SER.E/845, 18 May 2018). Italy gives its function as “OPTSAT-3000 is an Italian Ministry of Defence high-resolution imagery Earth observation satellite in low Earth orbit”.

Who operates it

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Optical imaging

Official description

“Today the Centre's personnel control and manage the communication satellites of the SICRAL constellation and, together with the Joint Satellite Remote Sensing Centre, the military Earth observation satellite OPTSAT 3000.”

Italian Ministry of Defence, Space Operations Command (undated, server date 4 Sep 2026)

azmth's translation · Show original

“A oggi il personale del Centro controlla e gestisce i satelliti di comunicazione della costellazione SICRAL e, in concorso con il Centro Interforze di Telerilevamento Satellitare, il satellite militare di Osservazione della Terra OPTSAT 3000.”

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for optical imaging, lists its owner as Italian Defense Administration and records it as active (14 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 14 Oct 2026.

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CelesTrak record