ARIANE 44P R/B, 26488

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 44P R/B, 26488 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Wed, 06 Sep 2000 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

26488, 2000-052B

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

EADS/LV

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

ARIANE H10-3, HM-7B

Mass

1,820 kg wet, 1,820 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2000-09-06 (25 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 12.1 m

Radar Cross Section

27.363 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 ARIANE 44P R/B
1 26488U 00052B   25127.44622736  .00001441  00000-0  22690-2 0  9997
2 26488   6.9257 120.0588 7192906  96.1456 342.5810  2.33873632204093

Epoch: 2025-05-07T10:42Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T10:42:34.043Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

94.06353°

Altitude

6,093.644 km

Speed

6.877 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 00m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-4.14319°

Longitude

57.29951°

Altitude

16,339.331 km

Speed

4.297 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 54m 50s

Apparent Declination

-17° 29' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:14:57

Azimuth

152.852° SSE

Elevation

28.058°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

34,850.057 km

Perigee altitude

353.21 km

Semi-major axis

23,979.771 km

Eccentricity

0.7192906

Inclination

6.9257°

RAAN

120.0588°

Arg. of periapsis

96.1456°

True anomaly

264.33278°

Mean anomaly

342.581°

Eccentric anomaly

311.91193°

Mean motion

0.58449 °/min

BSTAR

0.002269

Orbital period

615.92 mins

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ARIANE 44P 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.
39 mins	2025-05-07 20:11:44.458Z	152.869° SSE	2025-05-07 20:11:44.458Z	152.869° SSE	25.172°	2025-05-07 20:50:44.458Z	131.07° SE

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