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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

15 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, 0.24 m

Radar Cross Section

0.045 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 STELLA
1 22824U 93061B   25133.93977449 -.00000020  00000-0  10385-4 0  9997
2 22824  98.8265 190.4868 0005706 326.5897 111.9511 14.27455153647814

Epoch: 2025-05-13T22:33Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T22:33:16.515Z)

Latitude

75.6814°

Longitude

-57.0026°

Altitude

814.652 km

Speed

7.452 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 12m 59s

True Declination

75° 35' 58"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

61.41625°

Longitude

-35.59818°

Altitude

811.272 km

Speed

7.453 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 44m 42s

Apparent Declination

15° 10' 12"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:06:56

Azimuth

348.963° N

Elevation

-34.216°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

801.499 km

Perigee altitude

793.31 km

Semi-major axis

7,175.541 km

Eccentricity

0.0005706

Inclination

98.8265°

RAAN

190.4868°

Arg. of periapsis

326.5897°

True anomaly

112.01173°

Mean anomaly

111.9511°

Eccentric anomaly

111.98142°

Mean motion

3.57076 °/min

BSTAR

0.000010385

Orbital period

100.82 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)

STELLA 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.
7 mins	2025-05-14 15:37:12.690Z	51.362° ENE	2025-05-14 15:40:12.690Z	92.941° ESE	21.206°	2025-05-14 15:44:12.690Z	144.623° SSE
8 mins	2025-05-14 17:16:12.690Z	354.89° N	2025-05-14 17:20:12.690Z	286.493° WNW	34.014°	2025-05-14 17:24:12.690Z	224.205° SW
7 mins	2025-05-15 02:56:12.690Z	120.707° SE	2025-05-15 02:59:12.690Z	69.441° E	29.419°	2025-05-15 03:03:12.690Z	8.728° NNE
7 mins	2025-05-15 04:36:12.690Z	219.7° SW	2025-05-15 04:39:12.690Z	269.924° W	25.174°	2025-05-15 04:43:12.690Z	321.742° NNW

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