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SKYSAT-C7
HD Video Earth Observation · Planet
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LiveIt moves every second. See exactly where it is — worked out from its orbit, on your own device — on the live 3D globe.
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Part of Planet's rapid 2017 expansion. The SkySat satellites offer both still imagery and 90-second video clips — operators choose the mode most useful for their application. For tracking moving vessels, vehicles, or crowds, video from orbit provides information no number of still images can replicate.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 279–285 mi (450–459 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 93.5 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 42991
- Int’l designator
- 2017-068E
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.