SKYSAT-C8

NORAD 42990· COSPAR 2017-068D· 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 2026-10-26 03:45 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

453 km

Perigee

451 km

Inclination

97.47°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SKYSAT-C8 across 151 days of archived orbital elements (152 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-8.3 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

451 × 453 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-C9 · 42989
SKYSAT-C7 · 42991
SKYSAT-C6 · 42992

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