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OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3), 20437

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3), 20437 is a payload satellite owned by SSTL (UK) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 22 Jan 1990 UTC via an ARIANE 40 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

20437, 1990-005B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Airbus Defense and Space (UK)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

UOSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

46 kg wet, 46 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1990-01-22 (35 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 40

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.299 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3)
1 20437U 90005B   25124.66549917  .00000205  00000-0  91588-4 0  9993
2 20437  98.8564 160.8292 0010854  28.0626  85.8318 14.33119621843074

Epoch: 2025-05-04T15:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T15:58:19.128Z)

Latitude

64.58214°

Longitude

-102.50589°

Altitude

791.864 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 59m 27s

True Declination

64° 26' 57"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-41.97726°

Longitude

-128.82105°

Altitude

804.855 km

Speed

7.446 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 28m 10s

Apparent Declination

-54° 17' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:07:30

Azimuth

130.461° SE

Elevation

-51.157°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

786.238 km

Perigee altitude

770.703 km

Semi-major axis

7,156.607 km

Eccentricity

0.0010854

Inclination

98.8564°

RAAN

160.8292°

Arg. of periapsis

28.0626°

True anomaly

85.95586°

Mean anomaly

85.8318°

Eccentric anomaly

85.89383°

Mean motion

3.58494 °/min

BSTAR

0.000091588

Orbital period

100.42 mins

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Other satellites on launch #5 in the year 1990 (1990-01-22 UTC)

SPOT 2, 20436

OSCAR 15 (UOSAT 4), 20438

OSCAR 16 (PACSAT), 20439

OSCAR 17 (DOVE), 20440

OSCAR 18 (WEBERSAT), 20441

OSCAR 19 (LUSAT), 20442

ARIANE 40 R/B, 20443

OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3) 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.
4 mins	2025-05-05 13:50:59.100Z	66.308° ENE	2025-05-05 13:52:59.100Z	89.59° E	12.239°	2025-05-05 13:54:59.100Z	113.122° SE
8 mins	2025-05-05 15:28:59.100Z	7.834° NNE	2025-05-05 15:32:59.100Z	268.296° W	43.602°	2025-05-05 15:36:59.100Z	203.777° SW
5 mins	2025-05-06 01:07:59.100Z	91.458° ESE	2025-05-06 01:09:59.100Z	62.4° ENE	18.399°	2025-05-06 01:12:59.100Z	23.176° NE
8 mins	2025-05-06 02:44:59.100Z	188.147° SSW	2025-05-06 02:48:59.100Z	267.714° W	37.661°	2025-05-06 02:52:59.100Z	332.778° NNW

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Check out OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3), 20437 on other resources

View OSCAR 14 (UOSAT 3), 20437 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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