Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT K at a glance.
Uptime
2856
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 OBJECT K.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT K
International designator: 2017-042K
Object number (NORAD): 42834
Object ID (CCSDS): 42834
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.75 minutes
Inclination: 97.3852 deg
SMA: 6932.989 km
Apoapsis: 561.805 km
Periapsis: 547.903 km
RAAN: 301.3281 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010026
Argument of periapsis: 15.399 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.754 deg
Mean motion: 15.0391038 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005346 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039158 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 8:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT K
TLE line 1: 1 42834U 17042K 25128.86094207 .00005346 00000-0 39158-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 42834 97.3852 301.3281 0010026 15.3990 344.7540 15.03910380426112
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT K.
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 K 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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