KINEIS-3C

NORAD 61220· COSPAR 2024-172A· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 20, 2024 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 19:13 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

CNES

Country

France

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 20, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

658 km

Perigee

657 km

Inclination

98.04°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for KINEIS-3C across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.0 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

657 × 658 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

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-172 (Electron | Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)).

KINEIS-3D · 61221
KINEIS-3E · 61222
KINEIS-3A · 61223
KINEIS-3B · 61224

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