OBJECT J

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

UNKNOWNIN ORBIT

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

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In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK
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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