UK-DMC

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite UK-DMC at a glance.

Uptime

8059

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.1

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for UK-DMC.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: UK-DMC

International designator: 2003-042D

Object number (NORAD): 27942

Object ID (CCSDS): 27942

Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.896 minutes

Inclination: 98.0776 deg

SMA: 6988.164 km

Apoapsis: 647.238 km

Periapsis: 572.821 km

RAAN: 113.1029 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00532453

Argument of periapsis: 267.9308 deg

Mean anomaly: 91.5809 deg

Mean motion: 14.86134445 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002867 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00032548319 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 10:41 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 UK-DMC

TLE line 1: 1 27942U 03042D 25292.94569433 .00002867 00000-0 32548-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 27942 98.0776 113.1029 0053245 267.9308 91.5809 14.86134445187079

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Real-time ground track for satellite UK-DMC.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Mozhayets 4 (RS 22) was also a training satellite built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It also tested components to be used in upgraded GLONASS satellites.

UK-DMC was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4
Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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