Key statistics
Satellite DMC 2 at a glance.
Uptime
5762
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DMC 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DMC 2
International designator: 2009-041C
Object number (NORAD): 35683
Object ID (CCSDS): 35683
Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.622 minutes
Inclination: 97.8269 deg
SMA: 7023.055 km
Apoapsis: 646.019 km
Periapsis: 643.821 km
RAAN: 269.5128 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001565
Argument of periapsis: 101.6936 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.4449 deg
Mean motion: 14.75073607 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001191 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018392 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, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DMC 2
TLE line 1: 1 35683U 09041C 25127.91167813 .00001191 00000-0 18392-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 35683 97.8269 269.5128 0001565 101.6936 258.4449 14.75073607846806
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DMC 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Emirati Earth observation satellite. Launched with 5 secondary payloads.
DMC 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | DubaiSat 1’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on July 29, 2009, 6:46 p.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | DubaiSat 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 29, 2009, 6:46 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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