SKYSAT-B

NORAD 40072 · COSPAR 2014-037D · ACTIVE

Orbit: #66299 @ 600 x 606 km x 98.3995 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-09 16:46 UTC Â· 29.8 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

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SKYSAT-B
1 40072U 14037D 26282.69905416 .00000997 00000-0 11468-3 0 09996
2 40072 98.3995 248.2982 0004189 267.1353 92.9383 14.88263773662997

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

98.3995Â°

Period

96.76 min

Perigee

600 km

Apogee

606 km

Eccentricity

0.0004189

RAAN

248.2982Â°

Arg of Perigee

267.1353Â°

Mean Motion

14.88263773 rev/d