ARIANE 40 R/B, 21610

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 40 R/B, 21610 is space debris in SSO originally from a launch on Wed, 17 Jul 1991 UTC launched from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

21610, 1991-050F

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

Ae/LesM

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

ARIANE H10, Unknown motor

Mass

1,875 kg wet, 1,820 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1991-07-17 (35 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 5.9 m

Radar Cross Section

26.751 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 ARIANE 40 R/B
1 21610U 91050F   26171.37747017  .00000187  00000-0  68296-4 0  9999
2 21610  98.1874 219.6701 0004341 114.5448 245.6196 14.42958577833801

Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:03:33.422Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

175.18788°

Altitude

752.981 km

Speed

7.477 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 38m 40s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

00:27:49

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

748.936 km

Perigee altitude

742.751 km

Semi-major axis

7,123.98 km

Eccentricity

0.00043

Inclination

98.1874°

RAAN

219.6701°

Arg. of periapsis

114.5448°

True anomaly

245.5743°

Mean anomaly

245.6196°

Eccentric anomaly

245.59695°

Mean motion

3.6096 °/min

Orbital period

99.73 mins

BSTAR

0.000068296

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 1991 (1991-07-17 UTC)

TUBSAT A, 21577

SARA DEB, 29501 (Decayed)

SARA DEB, 28844 (Decayed)

ERS 1 DEB, 35261 (Decayed)

ERS 1 DEB, 35258 (Decayed)

ERS 1 DEB, 42669 (Decayed)

ERS 1 DEB, 35260

ERS 1 DEB, 48172 (Decayed)

OSCAR 22 (UOSAT 5), 21575

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ARIANE 40 R/B Visibility forecast

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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.
5 mins	2026-06-22 14:55:19.465Z	56.043° ENE	2026-06-22 14:58:19.465Z	95.84° ESE	16.198°	2026-06-22 15:00:19.465Z	122.731° SE
8 mins	2026-06-22 16:33:19.465Z	358.348° N	2026-06-22 16:37:19.465Z	274.357° WNW	37.663°	2026-06-22 16:41:19.465Z	214.348° SW
5 mins	2026-06-23 02:08:19.465Z	94.317° ESE	2026-06-23 02:10:19.465Z	62.741° ENE	19.766°	2026-06-23 02:13:19.465Z	21.917° NNE
7 mins	2026-06-23 03:45:19.465Z	197.723° SSW	2026-06-23 03:48:19.465Z	253.976° W	34.441°	2026-06-23 03:52:19.465Z	328.8° NNW

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ARIANE 40 R/B, 21610

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T09:03:33.422Z)

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ARIANE 40 R/B Visibility forecast

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