Key statistics
Satellite COROT at a glance.
Uptime
6871
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: 99.332 minutes
Inclination: 90.0976 deg
SMA: 7104.8 km
Apoapsis: 858.677 km
Periapsis: 594.653 km
RAAN: 34.3444 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01858067
Argument of periapsis: 227.6346 deg
Mean anomaly: 130.9004 deg
Mean motion: 14.49689413 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003118 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00064701066 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COROT
TLE line 1: 1 29678U 06063A 25291.84000976 .00003118 00000-0 64701-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 29678 90.0976 34.3444 0185807 227.6346 130.9004 14.49689413979995
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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