● ORBIT ING-NOW

2017-042U

NORAD 42843 · COSPAR 2017-042U · INACTIVE TLE
Orbit: #30487 @ 581 x 596 km x 97.3953 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2023-02-18 06:38 UTC · 32014 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
2017-042U
1 42843U 17042U 23049.27658676 .00002108 00000+0 20798-3 0 9999
2 42843 97.3953 255.7205 0010869 254.7224 105.2795 14.92935894304870
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
July 14th 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
GeoOptics Inc.
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1a
Contractor
Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems
Launch mass
10 kg
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.3953°
Period
96.45 min
Perigee
581 km
Apogee
596 km
Eccentricity
0.0010869
RAAN
255.7205°
Arg of Perigee
254.7224°
Mean Motion
14.92935894 rev/d