Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT C at a glance.
Uptime
2976
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT C
International designator: 2017-042C
Object number (NORAD): 42827
Object ID (CCSDS): 42827
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.962 minutes
Inclination: 97.3995 deg
SMA: 6894.86 km
Apoapsis: 524.201 km
Periapsis: 509.25 km
RAAN: 63.8875 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00108424
Argument of periapsis: 359.1461 deg
Mean anomaly: 0.9752 deg
Mean motion: 15.1640271 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00014549 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075031503 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, 5:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT C
TLE line 1: 1 42827U 17042C 25248.73886756 .00014549 00000-0 75032-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 42827 97.3995 63.8875 0010842 359.1461 0.9752 15.16402710444583
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Kanopus-V-IK is a small Russian remote sensing satellite for monitoring wildfires. Weighing about 473 kg, it is intended for 5 years of operation in a 510 km sun-synchronous orbit.
OBJECT C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK’, on board a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. from 31/6.
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Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Launch date: July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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