CO3D3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite CO3D3 at a glance.

Uptime

28

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.2

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 CO3D3.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: CO3D3

International designator: 2025-156B

Object number (NORAD): 64900

Object ID (CCSDS): 64900

Country: FRANCE (FR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 94.568 minutes

Inclination: 97.4419 deg

SMA: 6875.779 km

Apoapsis: 500.841 km

Periapsis: 494.448 km

RAAN: 310.7561 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0004649

Argument of periapsis: 116.8384 deg

Mean anomaly: 243.3329 deg

Mean motion: 15.22719436 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006239 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00027045 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 21, 2025, 2:23 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 20, 2025, 6:48 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CO3D3

TLE line 1: 1 64900U 25156B 25232.78356453 .00006239 00000-0 27045-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 64900 97.4419 310.7561 0004649 116.8384 243.3329 15.22719436 3898

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite CO3D3.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

CO3D is a CNES-Airbus Defence & Space constellation of four small satellites designed to map the globe in 3D from low Earth to serve public and private sector needs. Microcarb is a small satellite designed to map sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO2)—the most important greenhouse gas — on a global scale.

CO3D3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vega-C | CO3D & MicroCarb’, on board a Vega-C space rocket.

The launch took place on July 26, 2025, 2:03 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Vega-C | CO3D & MicroCarb
Vega-C | CO3D & MicroCarb

Agency: Airbus Defence and Space

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 26, 2025, 2:03 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Vega-C

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Latest news about this satellite

News about space launch
VV27 road to liftoff

Highlights and liftoff of Vega-C flight VV27 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 23:03 local time on 25 July (03:03 BST/04:03 CEST on 26 July).

News about space launch
Europe’s new carbon-monitoring mission launches on Vega-C

The MicroCarb mission, led by the French space agency CNES, will monitor carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to help identify the world’s main sources and sinks of this important greenhouse gas. Launched on 25 July on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport ...

News about space launch
Vega-C VV27

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