CHEOPS
Launch
Launched on Dec 18, 2019 from Soyuz Launch Complex, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz STB Fregat.
Soyuz STB/Fregat | CSG-1, CHEOPS, & others →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 05:32 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
ESA
Country
European Space Agency
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 18, 2019
Mass
—
Apogee
699 km
Perigee
683 km
Inclination
98.15°
Period
1.64 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CHEOPS across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
683 × 699 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
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2019-092 (Soyuz STB/Fregat | CSG-1, CHEOPS, & others).
- CSG-1 · 44873
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