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CORVUS BC2
Commercial Earth Observation Satellite · Astro Digital
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Corvus-BC2, one of Astro Digital's commercial Earth observation satellites, testing multispectral imaging technology for agricultural and environmental monitoring customers.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 336–348 mi (540–560 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 95.5 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 42846
- Int’l designator
- 2017-042X
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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