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APPLE, 12545

Orbit data source: Space-Track

APPLE, 12545 is a payload satellite owned by ISRO (IN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 19 Jun 1981 UTC via an ARIANE 1 launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

12545, 1981-057B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

Indian Space Research Organization (IN / IND)

Manufacturer

ISRO SAC/Banga

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

APPLE, SLV-3-4

Mass

670 kg wet, 313 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1981-06-19 (44 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 1

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

2.339 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 APPLE
1 12545U 81057B   25118.71137187  .00000094  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 12545   7.9855 300.2479 0025251 212.6118 157.8303  1.00046392118242

Epoch: 2025-04-28T17:04Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T17:04:22.529Z)

Latitude

1.48108°

Longitude

-162.32322°

Altitude

35,947.514 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 42m 46s

True Declination

1° 28' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-7.9994°

Longitude

98.23086°

Altitude

35,794.411 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 40m 41s

Apparent Declination

-14° 08' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:58:22

Azimuth

242.461° WSW

Elevation

9.454°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,957.571 km

Perigee altitude

35,744.305 km

Semi-major axis

42,229.075 km

Eccentricity

0.0025251

Inclination

7.9855°

RAAN

300.2479°

Arg. of periapsis

212.6118°

True anomaly

157.93917°

Mean anomaly

157.8303°

Eccentric anomaly

157.88477°

Mean motion

0.25011 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1439.38 mins

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Other satellites on launch #57 in the year 1981 (1981-06-19 UTC)

METEOSAT 2, 12544

CAT 3, 12546

ARIANE 1 R/B, 12562 (Decayed)

ARIANE 1 DEB, 14125 (Decayed)

METEOSAT 2 AKM (MAGE 1), 20837

ARIANE 1 DEB, 48343

APPLE Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1170 mins	2025-04-30 12:00:22.758Z	242.855° WSW	2025-04-30 22:33:22.758Z	255.611° W	19.225°	2025-05-01 07:30:22.758Z	244.861° WSW

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