Latitude
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SKYSAT-C7
NORAD 42991 · COSPAR 2017-068E · ACTIVE
Orbit: #50458 @ 444 x 451 km x 97.4723 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-08 16:11 UTC · 32.6 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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SKYSAT-C7
1 42991U 17068E 26312.67495911 .00016056 00000-0 41030-3 0 09992
2 42991 97.4723 92.7507 0004482 318.9100 41.1807 15.39534902504583
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 42991U 17068E 26312.67495911 .00016056 00000-0 41030-3 0 09992
2 42991 97.4723 92.7507 0004482 318.9100 41.1807 15.39534902504583
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
97.4723°
Period
93.53 min
Perigee
444 km
Apogee
451 km
Eccentricity
0.0004482
RAAN
92.7507°
Arg of Perigee
318.91°
Mean Motion
15.39534902 rev/d