MOHAMMED VI-A

Track MOHAMMED VI-A now!
10-day predictions

NORAD ID: 43005

Int'l Code: 2017-070A

Launch date: November 8, 2017
Source: Morocco (MA)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

MOHAMMED VI-A is Morocco’s second satellite and the country’s first dedicated to high-resolution imaging. Named after Morocco’s reigning monarch, King Mohammed VI, the satellite is the first of two Moroccan imaging spacecraft that are expected to launch over the next two years. MOHAMMED VI-A is a 1,100-kilogram (2,400 lb) Earth imaging satellite which is expected to operate for at least five years. The second satellite, Mohammed VI-B, is scheduled for launch next year aboard another Vega – although Morocco has an option for a Soyuz launch should Vega be unavailable.

1 43005U 17070A   26231.21083269 -.00000156  00000-0 -14877-4 0  9997
2 43005  97.9513 302.6603 0001688  92.7800 267.3604 14.77081936473285

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC