CORVUS BC2, 42846
Orbit data source: Space-Track
CORVUS BC2, 42846 is a payload satellite owned by Astro Digital (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 14 Jul 2017 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Astro Digital
Mission
Operational Commercial Imaging
Bus & Motor
CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor
Mass
10 kg wet, 10 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 0.2 m
Radar Cross Section
0.092 m², Small (<0.1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago
TLE from 11 hours ago
0 CORVUS BC2
1 42846U 17042X 25289.10257977 .00005795 00000-0 42282-3 0 9999
2 42846 97.3824 95.6806 0012863 223.1560 136.8659 15.03999672450347Epoch: 2025-10-16T02:27Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-16T02:27:42.892Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
33.88477°
Altitude
564.162 km
Speed
7.576 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 22m 43s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
07:57:27
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
560.478 km
Perigee altitude
542.651 km
Semi-major axis
6,929.701 km
Eccentricity
0.00129
Inclination
97.3824°
RAAN
95.6806°
Arg. of periapsis
223.156°
True anomaly
136.96656°
Mean anomaly
136.8659°
Eccentric anomaly
136.91624°
Mean motion
3.76246 °/min
Orbital period
95.68 mins
BSTAR
0.00042282
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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2017 (2017-07-14 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.CORVUS BC2 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 6 mins | 2025-10-16 23:47:41.579Z | 26.378° NE | 2025-10-16 23:50:41.579Z | 108.23° ESE | 38.423° | 2025-10-16 23:53:41.579Z | 174.385° S |
| 4 mins | 2025-10-17 10:33:41.579Z | 104.588° ESE | 2025-10-17 10:34:41.579Z | 82.385° E | 23.717° | 2025-10-17 10:37:41.579Z | 20.526° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2025-10-17 12:08:41.579Z | 239.461° WSW | 2025-10-17 12:09:41.579Z | 259.907° W | 19.982° | 2025-10-17 12:12:41.579Z | 312.987° NW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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