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SKYMED 3

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 96 minutes, on an orbit tilted 97.8° from the equator, between 535 and 568 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About SKYMED 3

SKYMED 3 is a satellite from Italy, launched on Oct 25, 2008 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 96 minutes (15.1 times a day), between 532 and 554 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.8° 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.

COSMO-SkyMed 3 · Italian reconnaissance satellite

Operated by
Italian Space Agency
Built by
Alenia Spazio
Mass
1,900 kg

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 534 km to 532 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
530535540545550555Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.