Key statistics
Satellite CRYOSAT 2 at a glance.
Uptime
5630
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
92.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CRYOSAT 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CRYOSAT 2
International designator: 2010-013A
Object number (NORAD): 36508
Object ID (CCSDS): 36508
Country: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.18 minutes
Inclination: 92.0165 deg
SMA: 7097.576 km
Apoapsis: 721.201 km
Periapsis: 717.682 km
RAAN: 208.5235 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00024791
Argument of periapsis: 96.5325 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.6164 deg
Mean motion: 14.51903203 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000295 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072564031 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CRYOSAT 2
TLE line 1: 1 36508U 10013A 25248.92446659 .00000295 00000-0 72564-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 36508 92.0165 208.5235 0002479 96.5325 263.6164 14.51903203816836
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CRYOSAT 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
CRYOSAT 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr 1 | Cryosat-2’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on April 8, 2010, 1:57 p.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr 1 | Cryosat-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 8, 2010, 1:57 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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