NORSAT 2

NORAD 42828· COSPAR 2017-042D· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jul 14, 2017 from 31/6, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.

Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 06:14 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

—

Country

Norway

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 14, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

503 km

Perigee

492 km

Inclination

97.41°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NORSAT 2 across 60 days of archived orbital elements (61 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-3.2 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

492 × 503 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

15 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2017-042 (Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK).

KANOPUS-V-IK · 42825
NORSAT 1 · 42826
TECHNOSAT · 42829
FLYING LAPTOP · 42831
WNISAT 1R · 42835
LEMUR-2-GREENBERG · 42837
LEMUR-2-ANDIS · 42838
LEMUR-2-MONSON · 42839
LEMUR-2-FURIAUS · 42840
LEMUR-2-PETERG · 42841
LEMUR-2-DEMBITZ · 42842
NANOACE · 42844
LEMUR-2-ZACHARY · 42845
CORVUS BC2 · 42846
CORVUS BC1 · 42847

Sources & further reading

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