KINEIS-2E

NORAD 62931· COSPAR 2025-028D· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Feb 8, 2025 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 08:36 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

CNES

Country

France

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 8, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

643 km

Perigee

642 km

Inclination

97.89°

Period

1.62 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for KINEIS-2E across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.8 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

642 × 643 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 2025-028 (Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20)).

KINEIS-2C · 62929
KINEIS-2D · 62930
KINEIS-2A · 62932
KINEIS-2B · 62934

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