SKYSAT-C9

NORAD 42989· COSPAR 2017-068C· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Oct 31, 2017 from Space Launch Complex 576E, United States of America aboard a Minotaur C.

Minotaur-C (Taurus XL) | 6 x SkySat & 4 x Dove →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 02:50 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Planet Labs

Country

United States

Manufacturer

Maxar (SSL)

Launched

Oct 31, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

445 km

Perigee

435 km

Inclination

97.45°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SKYSAT-C9 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-7.0 km

Rate

-0.07 km/day

Now

435 × 445 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

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2017-068 (Minotaur-C (Taurus XL) | 6 x SkySat & 4 x Dove).

SKYSAT-C11 · 42987
SKYSAT-C10 · 42988
SKYSAT-C8 · 42990
SKYSAT-C7 · 42991
SKYSAT-C6 · 42992

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