Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT J at a glance.
Uptime
3026
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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 J.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT J
International designator: 2017-042J
Object number (NORAD): 42833
Object ID (CCSDS): 42833
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.6 minutes
Inclination: 97.4145 deg
SMA: 6925.732 km
Apoapsis: 552.34 km
Periapsis: 542.854 km
RAAN: 104.6629 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00068482
Argument of periapsis: 171.4475 deg
Mean anomaly: 188.6871 deg
Mean motion: 15.06274895 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007576 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051954353 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 5:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT J
TLE line 1: 1 42833U 17042J 25298.73833487 .00007576 00000-0 51954-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 42833 97.4145 104.6629 0006848 171.4475 188.6871 15.06274895451685
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT J.
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 J 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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