SENTINEL-2B

NORAD 42063 · COSPAR 2017-013A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #50232 @ 788 x 790 km x 98.5738 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-18 20:15 UTC Â· 31.1 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Current TLE

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SENTINEL-2B
1 42063U 17013A 26291.84386575 -.00000145 00000-0 -38479-4 0 09990
2 42063 98.5738 4.8436 0001128 89.3110 270.8202 14.30813219502321

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

March 6th 2017

Spacecraft age

9 years, 7 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Vega

Contractor

Airbus Defense and Space

Launch mass

1,130 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

98.5738Â°

Period

100.64 min

Perigee

788 km

Apogee

790 km

Eccentricity

0.0001128

RAAN

4.8436Â°

Arg of Perigee

89.311Â°

Mean Motion

14.30813219 rev/d