ARIANE 44L R/B, 24654

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 44L R/B, 24654 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Wed, 13 Nov 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

24654, 1996-063C

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)

1996-11-13 (28 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 R/B
1 24654U 96063C   25128.53189689  .00000664  00000-0  16306-2 0  9996
2 24654   3.8667 161.7601 7104136 195.6211 118.9973  2.43496988243114

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:45Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:45:55.891Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

103.78719°

Altitude

30,233 km

Speed

2.167 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 47m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.85043°

Longitude

-172.9581°

Altitude

9,569.448 km

Speed

5.736 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 12m 58s

Apparent Declination

-10° 06' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:30:31

Azimuth

274.628° WNW

Elevation

-21.299°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

33,549.558 km

Perigee altitude

381.934 km

Semi-major axis

23,343.883 km

Eccentricity

0.7104136

Inclination

3.8667°

RAAN

161.7601°

Arg. of periapsis

195.6211°

True anomaly

164.46319°

Mean anomaly

118.9973°

Eccentric anomaly

143.31456°

Mean motion

0.60853 °/min

BSTAR

0.0016306

Orbital period

591.59 mins

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Other satellites on launch #63 in the year 1996 (1996-11-13 UTC)

ARABSAT 2B, 24652

MEASAT 2, 24653

ARIANE DEB (SPELDA), 24655 (Decayed)

ARIANE 44L R/B 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.
531 mins	2025-05-10 01:39:23.832Z	228.661° WSW	2025-05-10 04:01:23.832Z	213.041° SW	30.969°	2025-05-10 10:30:23.832Z	167.991° S

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