Earth science · NORAD 42063
Sentinel-2B pairs with 2A for a 5-day revisit at the equator.
| Operator | ESA/Copernicus |
| Launched | 2017-03-07 |
| Approx. altitude | 786 km |
| Inclination | 98.6° |
| NORAD catalog id | 42063 |
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.
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).