Latitude
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SKYSAT-C9
NORAD 42989 · COSPAR 2017-068C · ACTIVE
Orbit: #50488 @ 427 x 437 km x 97.4607 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-07 16:10 UTC · 20.3 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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SKYSAT-C9
1 42989U 17068C 26311.67395908 .00018689 00000-0 39966-3 0 09992
2 42989 97.4607 92.7608 0007166 347.2620 12.8446 15.44844067504886
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 42989U 17068C 26311.67395908 .00018689 00000-0 39966-3 0 09992
2 42989 97.4607 92.7608 0007166 347.2620 12.8446 15.44844067504886
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
October 31st 2017
Spacecraft age
9 years
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Planet Labs, Inc.
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Minotaur-C
Contractor
Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass
110 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.4607°
Period
93.21 min
Perigee
427 km
Apogee
437 km
Eccentricity
0.0007166
RAAN
92.7608°
Arg of Perigee
347.262°
Mean Motion
15.44844067 rev/d