Key statistics
Satellite SKIPPER at a glance.
Uptime
10782
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SKIPPER.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SKIPPER
International designator: 1995-072B
Object number (NORAD): 23752
Object ID (CCSDS): 23752
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.974 minutes
Inclination: 98.7792 deg
SMA: 7182.916 km
Apoapsis: 809.379 km
Periapsis: 800.183 km
RAAN: 252.0817 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0006401
Argument of periapsis: 62.0782 deg
Mean anomaly: 298.1045 deg
Mean motion: 14.26105315 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000014446 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 5:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SKIPPER
TLE line 1: 1 23752U 95072B 25185.22598266 -.00000010 00000-0 14446-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 23752 98.7792 252.0817 0006401 62.0782 298.1045 14.26105315535745
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SKIPPER.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SKIPPER.
Associated space launch
IRS 1C and 1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) were the second version of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites. Skipper was an international project initiated by BMDO to measure the bow-shock UV emissions from reentering bodies at different speeds and heights.
SKIPPER was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper’, on board a Molniya-M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 28, 1995, 6:45 a.m. from 31/6.
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Molniya-M | IRS-1C & Skipper
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 28, 1995, 6:45 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya-M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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