Latitude
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SKYSAT-C7
NORAD 42991 · COSPAR 2017-068E · ACTIVE
Orbit: #50057 @ 445 x 453 km x 97.4703 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-13 14:33 UTC · 14.4 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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SKYSAT-C7
1 42991U 17068E 26286.60681467 .00011739 00000-0 30579-3 0 09997
2 42991 97.4703 66.1662 0006425 51.9643 308.2181 15.39011199500578
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 42991U 17068E 26286.60681467 .00011739 00000-0 30579-3 0 09997
2 42991 97.4703 66.1662 0006425 51.9643 308.2181 15.39011199500578
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
October 31st 2017
Spacecraft age
8 years, 11 months
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
97.4703°
Period
93.57 min
Perigee
445 km
Apogee
453 km
Eccentricity
0.0006425
RAAN
66.1662°
Arg of Perigee
51.9643°
Mean Motion
15.39011199 rev/d