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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
15 hours ago
Origin
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 15 hours ago
0 APPLE
1 12545U 81057B   25128.64741817  .00000059  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 12545   7.9626 300.1620 0025839 212.5657 136.7338  1.00050372118331
Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:32Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:32:16.929Z)
Latitude
-1.43187°
Longitude
-170.02785°
Altitude
35,927.552 km
Speed
3.067 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 19m 01s
True Declination
-1° 25' 50"
Sunlit
Object was in daylight at TLE epoch
Visualization TLE readout
Latitude
-4.8315°
Longitude
57.31664°
Altitude
35,740.629 km
Speed
3.08 km/s
Apparent Right ascension
10h 02m 51s
Apparent Declination
-10° 43' 12"
Sunlit
Object is in daylight
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
14:52:14
Azimuth
250.373° W
Elevation
6.27°
Doppler factor
1
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,958.931 km
Perigee altitude
35,740.706 km
Semi-major axis
42,227.955 km
Eccentricity
0.0025839
Inclination
7.9626°
RAAN
300.162°
Arg. of periapsis
212.5657°
True anomaly
136.93626°
Mean anomaly
136.7338°
Eccentric anomaly
136.83508°
Mean motion
0.25012 °/min
BSTAR
Unknown
Orbital period
1439.33 mins
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661 mins2025-05-09 16:33:21.493Z254.583° W2025-05-09 22:26:21.493Z260.788° W14.244°2025-05-10 03:34:21.493Z255.507° W
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