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KITSAT 3, 25756

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KITSAT 3, 25756 is a payload satellite owned by KAIST (KR) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 26 May 1999 UTC via a PSLV launch vehicle from the Sirharikota (SRI). 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

25756, 1999-029A

Orbit

SSO

Country

KR / SKOR

Related business

KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) (KR)

Manufacturer

KAIST

Mission

Non-operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SI-200, Unknown motor

Mass

110 kg wet, 110 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1999-05-26 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.780 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 KITSAT 3
1 25756U 99029A   26272.06217753  .00000100  00000-0  33930-4 0  9997
2 25756  98.6083 310.9506 0012243 307.7179  52.2907 14.55842233450147

Epoch: 2026-09-29T01:29Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-29T01:29:32.138Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-79.26588°

Altitude

704.298 km

Speed

7.507 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 43m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

17:01:44

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

712.407 km

Perigee altitude

695.067 km

Semi-major axis

7,081.874 km

Eccentricity

0.00122

Inclination

98.6083°

RAAN

310.9506°

Arg. of periapsis

307.7179°

True anomaly

52.40179°

Mean anomaly

52.2907°

Eccentric anomaly

52.34624°

Mean motion

3.64184 °/min

Orbital period

98.85 mins

BSTAR

0.00003393

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Other satellites on launch #29 in the year 1999 (1999-05-26 UTC)

TUBSAT, 25757

IRS P4 (OCEANSAT 1), 25758

PSLV R/B, 25759

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KITSAT 3 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.
8 mins	2026-09-30 02:21:16.706Z	149.524° SSE	2026-09-30 02:25:16.706Z	80.504° E	57.875°	2026-09-30 02:29:16.706Z	357.095° N
4 mins	2026-09-30 14:24:16.706Z	70.427° E	2026-09-30 14:26:16.706Z	98.558° ESE	15.201°	2026-09-30 14:28:16.706Z	124.332° SE
8 mins	2026-09-30 16:00:16.706Z	0.399° NNE	2026-09-30 16:04:16.706Z	269.495° W	52.884°	2026-09-30 16:08:16.706Z	212.129° SW

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KITSAT 3, 25756

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-29T01:29:32.138Z)

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