Key statistics
Satellite COROT at a glance.
Uptime
6822
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: 99.343 minutes
Inclination: 90.09 deg
SMA: 7105.329 km
Apoapsis: 861.667 km
Periapsis: 592.721 km
RAAN: 33.8005 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01892567
Argument of periapsis: 35.8014 deg
Mean anomaly: 325.5707 deg
Mean motion: 14.49527631 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001251 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00025613953 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, 9:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COROT
TLE line 1: 1 29678U 06063A 25242.89825469 .00001251 00000-0 25614-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 29678 90.0900 33.8005 0189257 35.8014 325.5707 14.49527631972902
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.
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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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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