NORAD 27942
UK-DMC
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 27942
- International designator
- 2003-042D
- Launch date
- Sep 27, 2003
- Launch site
- PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX
- Radar size (RCS)
- Medium (0.1–1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-04 18:48:17 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 97 minutes, on an orbit tilted 98.1° from the equator, between 568 and 659 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About UK-DMC
UK-DMC is a satellite from the United Kingdom, launched on Sep 27, 2003 from Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex.
It circles Earth every 97 minutes (14.9 times a day), between 568 and 645 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.1° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 82° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
UK-DMC · British remote sensing satellite
- Operated by
- British National Space Centre
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 569 km to 568 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.