SKYSAT-C3

NORAD 41774· COSPAR 2016-058E· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 16, 2016 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.

Vega | PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:32 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Planet Labs

Country

United States

Manufacturer

Maxar (SSL)

Launched

Sep 16, 2016

Mass

—

Apogee

405 km

Perigee

402 km

Inclination

96.90°

Period

1.54 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SKYSAT-C3 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-12.5 km

Rate

-0.12 km/day

Now

402 × 405 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2016-058 (Vega | PerúSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7).

PERUSAT 1 · 41770
SKYSAT-C4 · 41771
SKYSAT-C5 · 41772
SKYSAT-C2 · 41773

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