OBJECT C

OBJECT C (NORAD ID 64868) is a space object catalogued under Unknown, launched on 2025-07-22 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the O3b mPOWER 9/10 launch. As a relatively recent addition to the catalogue, its orbital elements are well-characterised. It orbits in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) at altitudes between 2,647 km and 7,000 km with an inclination of 9.7°. It travels at approximately 21,482 km/h (5.97 km/s), completing one full orbit every 3 hours 17 minutes — that’s roughly 7.32 orbits per day. Its orbital eccentricity of 0.1944 gives it a noticeably elliptical path, with significant altitude variation between perigee and apogee. Orbital Radar tracks OBJECT C in real time using the latest two-line element set (TLE) data, providing live position, altitude, speed and orbital path updated continuously.

OBJECT C orbits at an average altitude of 4,824 km in Medium Earth Orbit, the region between LEO and GEO (2,000–35,786 km). MEO’s higher altitude gives each satellite a much larger ground footprint than LEO, meaning fewer spacecraft are needed for global coverage — but signal latency is higher and radiation from the Van Allen belts is a significant design constraint. Within ±50 km of OBJECT C’s average altitude, there are currently 0 active payloads and 5 tracked debris or rocket body fragments. This is a relatively sparse altitude band, containing less than 1% of all active satellites. With an inclination of 9.7°, OBJECT C passes over latitudes between 9.7°N and 9.7°S, concentrating coverage over equatorial and near-equatorial regions. Low-inclination orbits maximise revisit rates over specific tropical zones.