Key statistics
Satellite COROT at a glance.
Uptime
6707
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: 99.36 minutes
Inclination: 90.0906 deg
SMA: 7106.135 km
Apoapsis: 863.746 km
Periapsis: 592.255 km
RAAN: 32.618 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0191026
Argument of periapsis: 68.1291 deg
Mean anomaly: 294.0108 deg
Mean motion: 14.49280795 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001741 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003581 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 7:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COROT
TLE line 1: 1 29678U 06063A 25127.81033978 .00001741 00000-0 35810-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 29678 90.0906 32.6180 0191026 68.1291 294.0108 14.49280795956232
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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