Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT Z at a glance.
Uptime
1685
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.3
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT Z.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT Z
International designator: 2021-006Z
Object number (NORAD): 47436
Object ID (CCSDS): 47436
Country: TO BE DETERMINED/UNKNOWN (TBD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.237 minutes
Inclination: 97.2692 deg
SMA: 6859.72 km
Apoapsis: 490.004 km
Periapsis: 473.166 km
RAAN: 291.3244 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00122727
Argument of periapsis: 129.546 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.6867 deg
Mean motion: 15.28069728 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007779 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028618465 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 5:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT Z
TLE line 1: 1 47436U 21006Z 25247.24427973 .00007779 00000-0 28618-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 47436 97.2692 291.3244 0012273 129.5460 230.6867 15.28069728255662
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Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT Z.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Transporter 1 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
OBJECT Z was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 24, 2021, 3 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 1 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 24, 2021, 3 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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