IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P at a glance.

Uptime

8624

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P

International designator: 2002-021B

Object number (NORAD): 27422

Object ID (CCSDS): 27422

Country: FRANCE (FR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.632 minutes

Inclination: 98.5785 deg

SMA: 7166.694 km

Apoapsis: 797.839 km

Periapsis: 779.279 km

RAAN: 281.0 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00129489

Argument of periapsis: 84.7995 deg

Mean anomaly: 275.4666 deg

Mean motion: 14.30950039 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000529 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00021750762 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:17 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P

TLE line 1: 1 27422U 02021B 25346.30355124 .00000529 00000-0 21751-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 27422 98.5785 281.0000 0012949 84.7995 275.4666 14.30950039231522

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB	SSO	2025-12-12 16:53:33	0.0002239462	594.0 (m)	DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB	SSO	2025-08-16 00:45:22	0.0001656982	985.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 836	LEO	2025-03-05 01:13:19	0.002052575	244.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-02-21 11:27:45	0.000415469	121.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2024-12-10 02:16:23	0.0002948096	1000.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The main instrument was the HRVIR imaging camera payload including a 2.5-meter resolution imager. A secondary experiment was the 5-band VEGETATION-2 instrument with 1-km resolution.

IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 42P | SPOT 5’, on board a Ariane 42P space rocket.

The launch took place on May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 2.

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Ariane 42P | SPOT 5

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 42P

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 2

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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