Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT U at a glance.
Uptime
3075
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: 95.992 minutes
Inclination: 97.4144 deg
SMA: 6944.635 km
Apoapsis: 574.77 km
Periapsis: 558.231 km
RAAN: 145.9166 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00119082
Argument of periapsis: 22.4498 deg
Mean anomaly: 337.7245 deg
Mean motion: 15.00128945 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003089 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002517018 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 12:31 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT U
TLE line 1: 1 42843U 17042U 25346.02220648 .00003089 00000-0 25170-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 42843 97.4144 145.9166 0011908 22.4498 337.7245 15.00128945458555
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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