BLACK KITE-1 is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Taiwan Space Agency / Rapidtek Technologies Inc, launched 2025.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 97.4232° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0004011 |
| Period | 94.7 min |
| Apogee | 506 km |
| Perigee | 500 km |
| Mean motion | 15.20898338 rev/day |
| RAAN | 261.6111° |
| Arg of perigee | 278.8985° |
| Mean anomaly | 81.1796° |
| B* | 2.6146e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 3,076 |
1 66741U 25276CD 26188.18126580 .00005713 00000-0 26146-3 0 99902 66741 97.4232 261.6111 0004011 278.8985 81.1796 15.20898338 30769{
"OBJECT_NAME": "BLACK KITE-1",
"OBJECT_ID": "2025-276CD",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:21:01.365+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.20898338,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0004011,
"INCLINATION": 97.4232,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 261.6111,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 278.8985,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 81.1796,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 66741,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 3076,
"BSTAR": 0.00026146,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00005713,
"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.
| Name | BLACK KITE-1 |
| Operator | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | |
| Mission purpose | — |
| Object class | PAYLOADHIGH |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Orbital regime |
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