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T.S. Kelso

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Operator of CelesTrak, the world's first source for orbital element sets and related software and educational materials.

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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 58m
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 object from the launch (2026-233) of Dragon CRS-35 to the ISS atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Oct 13 at 1033 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/13/s.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 59m
CelesTrak has GP data for 21 objects from the launch (2026-231) of Tranche 1 Transport Layer A atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Oct 10 at 0739 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/09/s.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 21h
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 27 satellites from the Starlink G15-25 launch (2026-232) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on 2026-10-13 at 00:28:11 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/12/s.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The latest Announcement of DUT1 from IERS: hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bul....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Every one of these Galileo and GPS satellites has SupGP data less than a day old (Page 2): celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Often from multiple sources: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... And they are all in agreement: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Yet we see: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 10 objects from the launch (2026-230) of 9 GuoWang satellites atop a Long March-12 rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Oct 9 at 1927 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/further-gu.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 15 objects from the launch (2026-229) of NEONSAT-2 thru -6 plus 10 cubesats atop a KSLV-2 rocket from Naro Space Center on Oct 7 at 0325 UTC: www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GPS We continue to see these kinds of mismatches: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen..., despite the information on forecast delta-Vs (FCSTDV) and summaries (FCSTSUMM) being provided in NANUs by 2NWS (GPS Operations): celestrak.org/GPS/NANU/202....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ah, I see the error. I mistyped the name (should be ERMINAZ-2U), even though I just put it in the SATCAT. Sigh...
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This makes it sound like they are 3 identical satellites: www.nanosats.eu/sat/erminaz-2. I guess we'll see.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We have made IDs for 4 more: ERMINAZ-2 (GER), HADES-L (SPN), CRIMSON-1 (SING), and SPRITE (US).
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
CelesTrak has 18 SDS GP data for 71 objects from the Transporter-18 launch on Oct 1: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... We have already positively matched 4 Planet satellites using their ephemeris-based SupGP data: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Only 67 more to go!
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Items in brackets are an object type, like [GLONASS]. DTC is what SpaceX asked us to use (rather than D2C) for that part of their Starlink constellation. This is described in our SATCAT documentation at: celestrak.org/satcat/satca.... It helps discriminate a subset of a particular constellation.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
18 SDS has cataloged 1 object from the launch (2026-228) of NROL-97 atop a Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Oct 2 at 0354 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/10/01/f.... SATCAT data can be found at: celestrak.org/satcat/table....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
18 SDS has just cataloged 23 objects from the launch (2026-224) of USSF-385 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Sep 26 at 1400 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/25/s.... SATCAT data can be found at: celestrak.org/satcat/table....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 object from the launch (2026-226) of Crew Dragon 13 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Oct 1 at 1510 UTC: www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces.... See more at: www.nasa.gov/mission/nasa.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Now docked.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CelesTrak has post-deployment SupGP data for the #Transporter-18 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2026-10-01 at 18:32:00.103 UTC: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Deployment of 69 satellites occurred 2026-10-01 19:26:17.523 UTC until 2026-10-01 19:37:10.623 UTC.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
18 SDS has cataloged 17 objects from the launch (2026-214) of USSF-259 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Sep 17 at 0107 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/15/l.... SATCAT data can be found at: celestrak.org/satcat/table....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are still universally blocking SupabaseEdgeRuntime/1.74.x. But we will remove 35,251 IP addresses using those versions earlier in the month, as well. If you haven't upgraded to 1.76.0 or above yet, you should do that ASAP or you will be sent back to the firewall.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After gradually approving current variants of SupabaseEdgeRuntime/1.76.0 and above and seeing no problems, we are in the process of removing 50,105 IP addresses for those from the firewall.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We strongly encourage all software developers to include an e-mail address in their user agent, so that if we find problems, we can contact them and get the issues rectified before a universal block might be required.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those that do, we will go back and remove other users of that specific variant from the firewall, with the hope of removing some of the tens of thousands of IP addresses that have ended up there because of the need to implement a universal block to keep CelesTrak functioning.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After a month of optimizing our firewall handling and cleaning up temporary processes, we now have a way to 'approve' SupabaseEdgeRuntime variants. We are starting with those including an e-mail address in the user agent. We will be carefully watching their adherence to our user policy.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Transporter-18 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2026-10-01 at 18:17:59.990 UTC: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen.... Deployment of 70 satellites is set to occur 2026-10-01 19:12:24.250 UTC until 2026-10-01 19:23:17.350 UTC.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have not worked out the formatting for the pre-launch state vectors yet (and adapting software). But we are getting ephemerides and processing that normally. I think pre-launch was pretty low priority for this launch, but SpaceX is committed to continuing to provide this through CelesTrak.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry for the delays in getting this data out, as we are continuing to work with SpaceX to automate this processing. As a consolation, here's a cool bonus view of the last Starlink satellite being deployed, as seen from the 25th deployment.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 26 satellites from the Starlink G31-1 launch (2026-225) atop a Starship rocket from Starbase on 2026-09-28 at 12:48:59 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/28/s.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you can find an authoritative reference from the satellite manufacturer or satellite operator, please provide the URL. This is the 13th StriX launch and the first 2 were Alpha and Beta.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-223) of StriX-11 atop an Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula, NZ on Sep 26 at 0039 UTC: rocketlabcorp.com/updates/miss.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 of 6 objects from the launch (2026-222) of 3 Yaogan-40 Group 04 satellites atop a Long March-6A rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 24 at 0846 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/fourth-yao.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 11 objects from the launch (2026-221) of 9 Guowang satellites atop a Long March-8A rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Sep 23 at 1332 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/guowang-ex.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 6 of 10 objects from the launch (2026-220) of Chaozhisuan-1 plus 8 other satellites atop a Lijian-1 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 20 at 0403 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/new-orbita.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
18 SDS has cataloged 23 objects from the launch (2026-206) of USSF-153 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Sep 10 at 1542 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/09/l.... SATCAT data can be found at: celestrak.org/satcat/table....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for 25 of 27 satellites from the Starlink G15-27 launch (2026-219) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on 2026-09-20 at 01:47:00 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/19/l.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 4 objects from the launch (2026-218) of PIESAT-2 13 through 16 atop a Long March-2D rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 19 at 1050 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/commercial.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-217) of StriX-10 atop an Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula, NZ on Sep 19 at 0322 UTC: www.space.com/space-explor.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2026-216) of COSMOS 2620 [GLONASS-K] atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Sep 17 at 1650 UTC: tass.com/science/2189.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-215) of TIANYI-51 & -52 atop a Kuaizhou-11 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 17 at 0235 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/expace-del.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 of 9+ objects from the launch (2026-213) of 9 Guowang satellites atop a Long March-12 rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site on Sep 17 at 0032 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/guowang-su.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 1 of 9+ objects from the launch (2026-211) of 8 Qianfan satellites atop a Gravity-1 rocket from the Yellow Sea Launch Area on Sep 15 at 2200 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/sea-launch.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2026-212) of PROGRESS-MS 35 atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sep 16 at 1333 UTC: tass.com/science/2188.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 4 of 10+ objects from the launch (2026-210) of 10 Qianfan satellites atop a Zhuque-2E rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 15 at 0626 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/qianfan-re.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-209) of Sentinel-3C & FLEX atop a Vega C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Sep 15 at 0121 UTC: www.esa.int/Applications.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-208) of O3b mPOWER F11, F12, & F13 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Sep 13 at 1849 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/13/l.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yes, I saw that. They are incorrect. The name they used is not even consistent with all of the previous launches.
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 3 objects from the launch (2026-207) of BlackSky Gen-3 Mission 5 (Global-35) atop an Electron rocket from Māhia Peninsula, NZ on Sep 11 at 0328 UTC: rocketlabcorp.com/updates/miss.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 7 objects from the launch (2026-205) of Yaogan-53 01-03 & Yaogan-56 01-03 atop a Long March-4B rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sep 10 at 0900 UTC: www.china-in-space.com/p/six-yaogan.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 27 satellites from the Starlink G15-24 launch (2026-204) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on 2026-09-06 at 14:26:54 UTC: spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/05/l.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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T.S. Kelso @tskelso.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
CelesTrak has GP data for 6 objects from the launch (2026-203) of 6 payloads atop a Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport on Sep 5 at 2012 UTC: arstechnica.com/space/2026/0.... Data for the launch can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elemen....
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