CORVUS BC1

NORAD 42847· COSPAR 2017-042Y· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· 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 2026-09-08 09:42 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jul 14, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

558 km

Perigee

541 km

Inclination

97.42°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CORVUS BC1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.7 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

541 × 558 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
NORSAT 2 · 42828
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

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