Key statistics
Satellite IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P at a glance.
Uptime
8520
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: 100.64 minutes
Inclination: 98.5622 deg
SMA: 7167.075 km
Apoapsis: 797.993 km
Periapsis: 779.888 km
RAAN: 178.9509 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00126306
Argument of periapsis: 34.1338 deg
Mean anomaly: 326.0654 deg
Mean motion: 14.30835859 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000468 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019497768 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P
TLE line 1: 1 27422U 02021B 25242.81240666 .00000468 00000-0 19498-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 27422 98.5622 178.9509 0012631 34.1338 326.0654 14.30835859216725
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.
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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