Ephem Space-data platform · est. 2026

Earth science · NORAD 42063

Sentinel-2B

Sentinel-2B pairs with 2A for a 5-day revisit at the equator.


§1 Vitals

OperatorESA/Copernicus
Launched2017-03-07
Approx. altitude786 km
Inclination98.6°
NORAD catalog id42063

§2 Live orbital elements

The current two-line element set for this object is served from Ephem's cache at:

GET · https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/v1/objects/42063

curl -s https://ephem-api.YOUR-SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/v1/objects/42063 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ek_live_..."

Cached 1 h. Backed by the CelesTrak active catalog, refreshed nightly.

§3 What Ephem does with this object

Sentinel-2B is included in the nightly SGP4 propagation that produces Ephem's debris density feed. Its sub-satellite point at any moment can be computed client-side from the TLE using standard SGP4 (the same code path the overhead map uses in your browser).


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