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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

8 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 8 hours ago

0 STELLA
1 22824U 93061B   25181.90300221 -.00000035  00000-0  40898-5 0  9994
2 22824  98.8236 238.9094 0006508 169.2477   5.3517 14.27456766654819

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:40Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:40:19.39Z)

Latitude

5.24557°

Longitude

175.43471°

Altitude

797.985 km

Speed

7.457 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 58m 53s

True Declination

5° 12' 52"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

16.78348°

Longitude

177.64302°

Altitude

797.882 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 45m 48s

Apparent Declination

-9° 52' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:39:28

Azimuth

25.316° NE

Elevation

-57.682°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.068 km

Perigee altitude

792.729 km

Semi-major axis

7,175.536 km

Eccentricity

0.00065

Inclination

98.8236°

RAAN

238.9094°

Arg. of periapsis

169.2477°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

5.3517°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.57077 °/min

Orbital period

100.82 mins

BSTAR

0.0000040898

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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.
9 mins	2025-07-01 15:56:45.028Z	34.789° NE	2025-07-01 16:01:45.028Z	107.86° ESE	27.478°	2025-07-01 16:05:45.028Z	158.925° S
7 mins	2025-07-01 17:37:45.028Z	342.519° N	2025-07-01 17:40:45.028Z	294.751° NW	26.827°	2025-07-01 17:44:45.028Z	236.668° WSW
8 mins	2025-07-02 03:16:45.028Z	135.802° SSE	2025-07-02 03:19:45.028Z	81.693° E	36.443°	2025-07-02 03:24:45.028Z	358.981° N
5 mins	2025-07-02 04:57:45.028Z	235.709° WSW	2025-07-02 04:59:45.028Z	263.819° W	18.911°	2025-07-02 05:02:45.028Z	304.478° NW

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