Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT M at a glance.
Uptime
2915
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 M.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT M
International designator: 2017-042M
Object number (NORAD): 42836
Object ID (CCSDS): 42836
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.695 minutes
Inclination: 97.3936 deg
SMA: 6930.305 km
Apoapsis: 555.06 km
Periapsis: 549.28 km
RAAN: 357.3888 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000417
Argument of periapsis: 183.8176 deg
Mean anomaly: 176.302 deg
Mean motion: 15.04784376 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003973 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028571 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT M
TLE line 1: 1 42836U 17042M 25187.41741799 .00003973 00000-0 28571-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 42836 97.3936 357.3888 0004170 183.8176 176.3020 15.04784376434948
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT M.
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 M 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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