COROT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COROT at a glance.

Uptime

6767

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

90.1

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COROT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COROT

International designator: 2006-063A

Object number (NORAD): 29678

Object ID (CCSDS): 29678

Country: FRANCE (FR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.352 minutes

Inclination: 90.0856 deg

SMA: 7105.755 km

Apoapsis: 860.134 km

Periapsis: 595.105 km

RAAN: 33.2381 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0186489

Argument of periapsis: 223.1236 deg

Mean anomaly: 135.5238 deg

Mean motion: 14.4939733 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000677 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00013898 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:02 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COROT

TLE line 1: 1 29678U 06063A 25187.66866715 .00000677 00000-0 13898-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 29678 90.0856 33.2381 0186489 223.1236 135.5238 14.49397330964905

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COROT.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COROT.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-22 17:35:25 0.0001840524 806.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2025-06-21 17:57:27 0.0001549372 259.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-02-08 10:27:13 0.0005059377 324.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-02-08 07:11:24 0.0003041218 902.0 (m) DEBRIS
DMSP 5D-2 F9 (USA 29) SSO 2025-01-31 07:09:39 0.0001338276 330.0 (m) PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

French-European astrophysics satellite. Operated until November 2, 2012 due to a computer failure.

COROT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | COROT’, on board a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 27, 2006, 2:23 p.m. from 31/6.

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Launch to space Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | COROT
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | COROT

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 27, 2006, 2:23 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat

Launch pad: 31/6

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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