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STELLA, 22824

Orbit data source: Space-Track

STELLA, 22824 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

22824, 1993-061B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

2 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

CNES

Mission

Operational Civil Geodetic

Bus & Motor

STARLETTE, Unknown motor

Mass

48 kg wet, 48 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

Sphere, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.045 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 2 hours ago

0 STELLA
1 22824U 93061B   25199.89255914 -.00000040  00000-0  20474-5 0  9993
2 22824  98.8225 257.0667 0007305 121.5534 286.3165 14.27457237657385

Epoch: 2025-07-18T21:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T21:25:17.109Z)

Latitude

47.14533°

Longitude

-10.77087°

Altitude

806.04 km

Speed

7.456 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 29m 57s

True Declination

46° 58' 30"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

65.52189°

Longitude

-161.28568°

Altitude

806.33 km

Speed

7.459 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 21m 39s

Apparent Declination

23° 44' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:12:05

Azimuth

328.649° NNW

Elevation

-19.538°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.639 km

Perigee altitude

792.155 km

Semi-major axis

7,175.534 km

Eccentricity

0.00073

Inclination

98.8225°

RAAN

257.0667°

Arg. of periapsis

121.5534°

True anomaly

286.23614°

Mean anomaly

286.3165°

Eccentric anomaly

286.27632°

Mean motion

3.57077 °/min

Orbital period

100.82 mins

BSTAR

0.0000020474

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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)

STELLA 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.
5 mins	2025-07-19 02:25:29.450Z	89.475° E	2025-07-19 02:27:29.450Z	64.248° ENE	15.651°	2025-07-19 02:30:29.450Z	27.395° NE
8 mins	2025-07-19 04:03:29.450Z	181.135° SSW	2025-07-19 04:06:29.450Z	237.726° WSW	41.853°	2025-07-19 04:11:29.450Z	339.212° N
8 mins	2025-07-19 16:18:29.450Z	35.438° NE	2025-07-19 16:21:29.450Z	95.944° ESE	36.477°	2025-07-19 16:26:29.450Z	173.697° S
6 mins	2025-07-19 17:58:29.450Z	330.538° NNW	2025-07-19 18:00:29.450Z	302.68° NW	19.717°	2025-07-19 18:04:29.450Z	250.265° W

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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