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SPOT 3, 22823

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPOT 3, 22823 is a payload satellite owned by CNES (FR) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 26 Sep 1993 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

22823, 1993-061A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

MMS/Toulouse

Mission

Non-operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SPOT, SPOT AOCS

Mass

1,900 kg wet, 1,750 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-09-26 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 40

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 8.2 m

Radar Cross Section

12.991 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 SPOT 3
1 22823U 93061A   25133.79629216  .00000172  00000-0  10204-3 0  9992
2 22823  98.9096 191.2186 0015835 309.5117  50.4658 14.19939257637897

Epoch: 2025-05-13T19:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T19:06:39.642Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

32.76355°

Altitude

821.214 km

Speed

7.446 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 44m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

64.962°

Longitude

-127.00316°

Altitude

847.801 km

Speed

7.429 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 40m 20s

Apparent Declination

25° 41' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:02:55

Azimuth

33.202° NE

Elevation

-16.462°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

834.129 km

Perigee altitude

811.324 km

Semi-major axis

7,200.864 km

Eccentricity

0.0015835

Inclination

98.9096°

RAAN

191.2186°

Arg. of periapsis

309.5117°

True anomaly

50.60592°

Mean anomaly

50.4658°

Eccentric anomaly

50.53584°

Mean motion

3.55195 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010204

Orbital period

101.35 mins

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 1993 (1993-09-26 UTC)

ARIANE 40 DEB, 23107 (Decayed)

ARIANE 40 DEB, 35955 (Decayed)

SPOT 3 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.
9 mins	2025-05-14 15:59:22.055Z	32.706° NE	2025-05-14 16:04:22.055Z	104.261° ESE	30.184°	2025-05-14 16:08:22.055Z	160.058° S
7 mins	2025-05-14 17:41:22.055Z	337.658° N	2025-05-14 17:44:22.055Z	288.58° WNW	25.984°	2025-05-14 17:48:22.055Z	237.4° WSW
9 mins	2025-05-15 03:22:22.055Z	145.429° SSE	2025-05-15 03:26:22.055Z	67.922° E	40.136°	2025-05-15 03:31:22.055Z	354.979° N
4 mins	2025-05-15 05:05:22.055Z	248.549° W	2025-05-15 05:06:22.055Z	261.796° W	16.456°	2025-05-15 05:09:22.055Z	299.967° NW

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