Key statistics
Satellite COROT at a glance.
Uptime
6927
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
90.1
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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: 99.316 minutes
Inclination: 90.095 deg
SMA: 7104.037 km
Apoapsis: 859.801 km
Periapsis: 592.003 km
RAAN: 34.9681 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01884828
Argument of periapsis: 43.2776 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.3061 deg
Mean motion: 14.49923096 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001459 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029705758 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COROT
TLE line 1: 1 29678U 06063A 25346.15865280 .00001459 00000-0 29706-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 29678 90.0950 34.9681 0188483 43.2776 318.3061 14.49923096987866
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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