Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT U at a glance.
Uptime
2861
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 U.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT U
International designator: 2017-042U
Object number (NORAD): 42843
Object ID (CCSDS): 42843
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.068 minutes
Inclination: 97.3945 deg
SMA: 6948.317 km
Apoapsis: 577.794 km
Periapsis: 562.569 km
RAAN: 304.2501 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010956
Argument of periapsis: 38.8259 deg
Mean anomaly: 321.375 deg
Mean motion: 14.9893692 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002427 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020499 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 10:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT U
TLE line 1: 1 42843U 17042U 25133.94232625 .00002427 00000-0 20499-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 42843 97.3945 304.2501 0010956 38.8259 321.3750 14.98936920426779
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT U.
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 U 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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