Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT K at a glance.
Uptime
2976
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 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: 95.681 minutes
Inclination: 97.3947 deg
SMA: 6929.616 km
Apoapsis: 557.396 km
Periapsis: 545.565 km
RAAN: 56.1086 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00085364
Argument of periapsis: 321.9308 deg
Mean anomaly: 38.1315 deg
Mean motion: 15.05008837 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006452 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045824566 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, 9:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT K
TLE line 1: 1 42834U 17042K 25248.91583138 .00006452 00000-0 45825-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 42834 97.3947 56.1086 0008536 321.9308 38.1315 15.05008837444163
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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