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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

Country

Related business

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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Last TLE update: 17 hours ago

TLE from 17 hours ago

0 STELLA
1 22824U 93061B   26075.24963866 -.00000021  00000-0  97126-5 0  9995
2 22824  98.7827 139.1272 0007047 140.1650 291.3662 14.27467747691511

Epoch: 2026-03-16T05:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-16T05:59:28.780Z)

Latitude

69.62643°

Longitude

-149.03232°

Altitude

810.369 km

Speed

7.455 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 38m 43s

True Declination

69° 30' 53"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

04:02:39

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.416 km

Perigee altitude

792.303 km

Semi-major axis

7,175.497 km

Eccentricity

0.0007

Inclination

98.7827°

RAAN

139.1272°

Arg. of periapsis

140.165°

True anomaly

291.29097°

Mean anomaly

291.3662°

Eccentric anomaly

291.32859°

Mean motion

3.5708 °/min

Orbital period

100.82 mins

BSTAR

0.0000097126

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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)

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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.
9 mins	2026-03-17 03:38:53.033Z	142.685° SSE	2026-03-17 03:43:53.033Z	52.722° ENE	36.392°	2026-03-17 03:47:53.033Z	359.445° N
6 mins	2026-03-17 05:20:53.033Z	233.534° WSW	2026-03-17 05:22:53.033Z	260.443° W	18.402°	2026-03-17 05:26:53.033Z	311.383° NW
5 mins	2026-03-17 15:55:53.033Z	65.739° ENE	2026-03-17 15:57:53.033Z	93.557° ESE	17.615°	2026-03-17 16:00:53.033Z	131.845° SE
8 mins	2026-03-17 17:33:53.033Z	359.12° N	2026-03-17 17:37:53.033Z	283.962° WNW	37.929°	2026-03-17 17:41:53.033Z	217.174° SW

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STELLA, 22824

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 17 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-16T05:59:28.780Z)

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Orbital elements

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Last TLE update: 17 hours ago