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TOPEX/POSEIDON, 22076

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TOPEX/POSEIDON, 22076 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Mon, 10 Aug 1992 UTC via an ARIANE 42P 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

22076, 1992-052A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

Fairchild

Mission

Non-operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

MMS, Unknown motor

Mass

2,402 kg wet, 2,185 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1992-08-10 (33 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 42P

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 1 Pan, 11.5 m

Radar Cross Section

20.954 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 TOPEX/POSEIDON
1 22076U 92052A   25132.78413174 -.00000051  00000-0  41892-4 0  9998
2 22076  66.0412 244.0579 0007605 270.9129 259.3407 12.81081212532249

Epoch: 2025-05-12T18:49Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T18:49:08.982Z)

Latitude

8.93552°

Longitude

-93.00821°

Altitude

1,339.414 km

Speed

7.189 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 00m 17s

True Declination

8° 53' 13"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

49.79161°

Longitude

121.59474°

Altitude

1,348.971 km

Speed

7.186 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 02m 10s

Apparent Declination

18° 24' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:52:34

Azimuth

54.637° ENE

Elevation

-10.794°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,341.555 km

Perigee altitude

1,329.822 km

Semi-major axis

7,713.826 km

Eccentricity

0.0007605

Inclination

66.0412°

RAAN

244.0579°

Arg. of periapsis

270.9129°

True anomaly

259.25507°

Mean anomaly

259.3407°

Eccentric anomaly

259.29788°

Mean motion

3.2036 °/min

BSTAR

0.000041892

Orbital period

112.37 mins

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 1992 (1992-08-10 UTC)

OSCAR 23 (KITSAT 1), 22077

S80/T, 22078

ARIANE 42P R/B, 22079

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44507

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44508

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44509

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44510

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44511

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44512

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44513

ARIANE 42P DEB, 44514

ARIANE 42P DEB, 47107

ARIANE 42P DEB *, 47108

TOPEX/POSEIDON 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.
8 mins	2025-05-13 07:10:07.468Z	133.399° SE	2025-05-13 07:14:07.468Z	102.681° ESE	15.762°	2025-05-13 07:18:07.468Z	70.939° E
15 mins	2025-05-13 09:02:07.468Z	205.506° SW	2025-05-13 09:09:07.468Z	110.575° ESE	44.93°	2025-05-13 09:17:07.468Z	31.204° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 11:01:07.468Z	275.519° WNW	2025-05-13 11:06:07.468Z	321.332° NNW	23.453°	2025-05-13 11:12:07.468Z	11.792° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-13 15:04:07.468Z	5.955° NNE	2025-05-13 15:06:07.468Z	21.283° NNE	12.817°	2025-05-13 15:09:07.468Z	43.931° NE
13 mins	2025-05-13 16:59:07.468Z	347.776° N	2025-05-13 17:05:07.468Z	53.351° ENE	32.855°	2025-05-13 17:12:07.468Z	115.696° SE
13 mins	2025-05-13 18:55:07.468Z	314.615° NW	2025-05-13 19:01:07.468Z	243.32° WSW	37.41°	2025-05-13 19:08:07.468Z	177.774° S

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