Key statistics
Satellite KUIPER-00102 at a glance.
Uptime
28
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
51.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for KUIPER-00102.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: KUIPER-00102
International designator: 2025-171J
Object number (NORAD): 65140
Object ID (CCSDS): 65140
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.778 minutes
Inclination: 51.8757 deg
SMA: 6837.429 km
Apoapsis: 461.964 km
Periapsis: 456.623 km
RAAN: 273.2298 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00039055
Argument of periapsis: 251.2502 deg
Mean anomaly: 108.8061 deg
Mean motion: 15.35548557 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00032035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00092002116 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 7:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 KUIPER-00102
TLE line 1: 1 65140U 25171J 25250.79547283 .00032035 00000-0 92002-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 65140 51.8757 273.2298 0003906 251.2502 108.8061 15.35548557 5433
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite KUIPER-00102.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation. 24 satellites are on board.
KUIPER-00102 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Kuiper (KF-02)’, on board a Falcon 9 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 11, 2025, 12:35 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Kuiper (KF-02)
Agency: Kuiper Systems LLC
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 11, 2025, 12:35 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Live Coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 to make another attempt to launch Amazon Project Kuiper mission
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida is scheduled for 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 UTC), after three earlier attempts were scrubbed.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The mission, dubbed KF-02, is the fourth flight to date of Project Kuiper satellites. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 10:01 a.m. EDT (1401 UTC).
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