▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.0940°
Eccentricity	0.0008445
Period	93.9 min
Apogee	470 km
Perigee	458 km
Mean motion	15.34009336 rev/day
RAAN	216.1644°
Arg of perigee	87.2204°
Mean anomaly	273.0003°
B*	4.5003e-4
Rev at epoch	65,663

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 40042U 14033AJ 26188.01799809 .00014746 00000-0 45003-3 0 9996

2 40042 98.0940 216.1644 0008445 87.2204 273.0003 15.34009336656635

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "POLYITAN-1",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2014-033AJ",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T00:25:55.035+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.34009336,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0008445,
  "INCLINATION": 98.094,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 216.1644,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 87.2204,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 273.0003,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 40042,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 65663,
  "BSTAR": 0.00045003,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00014746,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	POLYITAN-1
Operator	Kyiv Polytechnic InstituteHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	Ukraine
Launch date	Jun 19, 2014HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	1HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/40042

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.