VENUS

NORAD 42901 · COSPAR 2017-044B · INACTIVE TLE

Orbit: #41806 @ 537 x 543 km x 97.3261 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-04-26 20:58 UTC Â· 13202.5 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

VENUS
1 42901U 17044B 25116.87395920 .00011826 00000+0 75596-3 0 9992
2 42901 97.3261 167.0026 0003862 29.4448 330.6998 15.08760836418069

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

August 1st 2017

Spacecraft age

9 years, 2 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Israel Space Agency

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Vega

Contractor

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

Launch mass

264 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.3261Â°

Period

95.44 min

Perigee

537 km

Apogee

543 km

Eccentricity

0.0003862

RAAN

167.0026Â°

Arg of Perigee

29.4448Â°

Mean Motion

15.08760836 rev/d