Key statistics
Satellite TECHNOSAT at a glance.
Uptime
3074
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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 TECHNOSAT.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TECHNOSAT
International designator: 2017-042E
Object number (NORAD): 42829
Object ID (CCSDS): 42829
Country: GERMANY (GER)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.783 minutes
Inclination: 97.4045 deg
SMA: 6934.547 km
Apoapsis: 569.233 km
Periapsis: 543.592 km
RAAN: 146.2338 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018488
Argument of periapsis: 15.8572 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.3229 deg
Mean motion: 15.0340356 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006697 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049479 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 11:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TECHNOSAT
TLE line 1: 1 42829U 17042E 25345.99633139 .00006697 00000-0 49479-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 42829 97.4045 146.2338 0018488 15.8572 344.3229 15.03403560458562
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Real-time ground track for satellite TECHNOSAT.
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.
TECHNOSAT 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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