COROT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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

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: 99.316 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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2025-09-27 11:55:09 0.000305435 820.0 (m) DEBRIS
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

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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