SKYSAT-B

NORAD 40072 · COSPAR 2014-037D · ACTIVE

Orbit: #66582 @ 600 x 607 km x 98.4029 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-28 17:25 UTC Â· 25.9 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

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Current TLE

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SKYSAT-B
1 40072U 14037D 26301.72570450 .00000671 00000-0 79225-4 0 09993
2 40072 98.4029 268.4566 0005057 191.5142 168.5958 14.88308527665829

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

July 8th 2014

Spacecraft age

12 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Planet Labs, Inc.

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Soyuz-2.1b

Contractor

Skybox Imaging

Launch mass

90 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.4029Â°

Period

96.75 min

Perigee

600 km

Apogee

607 km

Eccentricity

0.0005057

RAAN

268.4566Â°

Arg of Perigee

191.5142Â°

Mean Motion

14.88308527 rev/d