Key statistics
Satellite UK-DMC at a glance.
Uptime
7955
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: 96.921 minutes
Inclination: 98.075 deg
SMA: 6989.393 km
Apoapsis: 648.758 km
Periapsis: 573.757 km
RAAN: 7.3483 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0053653
Argument of periapsis: 246.9757 deg
Mean anomaly: 112.5794 deg
Mean motion: 14.85742741 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000914 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010944 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 UK-DMC
TLE line 1: 1 27942U 03042D 25188.77113458 .00000914 00000-0 10944-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 27942 98.0750 7.3483 0053653 246.9757 112.5794 14.85742741171609
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite UK-DMC.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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).
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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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