ARIANE 44L+3 R/B, 23950

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 44L+3 R/B, 23950 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Tue, 09 Jul 1996 UTC launched from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

23950, 1996-040C

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

Ae/LesM

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

ARIANE H10-3/S, Unknown motor

Mass

2,260 kg wet, 2,080 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1996-07-09 (29 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 11.04 m

Radar Cross Section

25.199 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ARIANE 44L+3 R/B
1 23950U 96040C   25122.81604648  .00003235  00000-0  23038-2 0  9998
2 23950   7.1414   8.9095 6912655 185.0342 159.9650  2.71890591260067

Epoch: 2025-05-02T19:35Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-02T19:35:06.415Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-145.86567°

Altitude

29,974.724 km

Speed

1.884 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 35m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.39631°

Longitude

-149.74885°

Altitude

29,151.708 km

Speed

2.014 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 33m 43s

Apparent Declination

-6° 10' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:16:47

Azimuth

41.296° NE

Elevation

-49.093°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

30,304.152 km

Perigee altitude

318.084 km

Semi-major axis

21,689.255 km

Eccentricity

0.6912655

Inclination

7.1414°

RAAN

8.9095°

Arg. of periapsis

185.0342°

True anomaly

174.90892°

Mean anomaly

159.965°

Eccentric anomaly

168.11912°

Mean motion

0.67948 °/min

BSTAR

0.0023038

Orbital period

529.82 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 1996 (1996-07-09 UTC)

ARABSAT 2A, 23948

TURKSAT 1C, 23949

ARIANE DEB (SPELDA), 23951 (Decayed)

ARIANE 44L+3 DEB, 48421

ARIANE 44L+3 R/B 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.
472 mins	2025-05-04 12:16:39.539Z	196.228° SSW	2025-05-04 18:15:39.539Z	168.794° S	35.172°	2025-05-04 20:08:39.539Z	121.689° SE

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