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LAGEOS 2, 22195

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LAGEOS 2, 22195 is a payload satellite owned by ASI (IT) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 22 Oct 1992 UTC via an SPACE SHUTTLE launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

22195, 1992-070B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Italian Space Agency (IT)

Manufacturer

Alenia Spazio

Mission

Operational Civil Geodetic

Bus & Motor

LAGEOS, Unknown motor

Mass

405 kg wet, 405 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1992-10-22 (33 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SPACE SHUTTLE

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.283 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 LAGEOS 2
1 22195U 92070B   25213.73712653 -.00000009  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 22195  52.6500 108.5310 0137579  47.7758 341.4604  6.47293757774748

Epoch: 2025-08-01T17:41Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-01T17:41:27.732Z)

Latitude

22.49603°

Longitude

-89.05698°

Altitude

5,625.827 km

Speed

5.802 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 27m 34s

True Declination

22° 25' 26"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

31.30455°

Longitude

-80.25944°

Altitude

5,619.621 km

Speed

5.806 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 28m 28s

Apparent Declination

8° 09' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:22:41

Azimuth

17.716° NNE

Elevation

-40.317°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

5,951.269 km

Perigee altitude

5,616.62 km

Semi-major axis

12,162.081 km

Eccentricity

0.01376

Inclination

52.65°

RAAN

108.531°

Arg. of periapsis

47.7758°

True anomaly

340.95083°

Mean anomaly

341.4604°

Eccentric anomaly

341.20645°

Mean motion

1.6182 °/min

Orbital period

222.47 mins

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Other satellites on launch #70 in the year 1992 (1992-10-22 UTC)

STS 52, 22194 (Decayed)

CTA, 22214 (Decayed)

IRIS R/B, 22196

LAGEOS 2 AKM (MAGE 1S), 22197

IRIS DEB, 22535 (Decayed)

LAGEOS 2 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.
39 mins	2025-08-02 15:37:22.741Z	143.88° SSE	2025-08-02 15:57:22.741Z	100.992° ESE	20.351°	2025-08-02 16:16:22.741Z	60.833° ENE
62 mins	2025-08-02 19:22:22.741Z	220.814° SW	2025-08-02 19:52:22.741Z	147.628° SSE	44.963°	2025-08-02 20:24:22.741Z	53.507° ENE
64 mins	2025-08-02 23:31:22.741Z	283.843° WNW	2025-08-03 00:02:22.741Z	8.466° NNE	42.095°	2025-08-03 00:35:22.741Z	94.423° ESE
61 mins	2025-08-03 03:39:22.741Z	309.216° NW	2025-08-03 04:08:22.741Z	238.396° WSW	42.579°	2025-08-03 04:40:22.741Z	159.442° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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