Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
22
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
42.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT A
International designator: 2025-267A
Object number (NORAD): 66554
Object ID (CCSDS): 66554
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.019 minutes
Inclination: 42.0212 deg
SMA: 6849.136 km
Apoapsis: 473.995 km
Periapsis: 468.007 km
RAAN: 63.4559 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00043712
Argument of periapsis: 46.3547 deg
Mean anomaly: 313.7652 deg
Mean motion: 15.31613043 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018974 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00061477883 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 2:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 66554U 25267A 25345.62028417 .00018974 00000-0 61478-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 66554 42.0212 63.4559 0004371 46.3547 313.7652 15.31613043 3237
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Note: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 20, 2025, 12:43 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.
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Electron | Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3)
Agency: BlackSky
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 20, 2025, 12:43 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch
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