SAPPHIRE, 26932
Orbit data source: Space-Track
SAPPHIRE, 26932 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Sun, 30 Sep 2001 UTC via an ATHENA-1 launch vehicle from the Kodiak Island, Alaska (KODAK). 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Stanford
Mission
Non-operational Civil Technology
Bus & Motor
SQUIRT, Unknown motor
Mass
16 kg wet, 16 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Hex Poly, 0.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.286 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 SAPPHIRE
1 26932U 01043D 26154.73134803 .00000110 00000-0 72768-4 0 9993
2 26932 67.0563 287.8249 0007218 251.5150 108.5167 14.31291006288461Epoch: 2026-06-03T17:33Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-03T17:33:08.469Z)
Latitude
-0.00008°
Longitude
132.35382°
Altitude
791.201 km
Speed
7.458 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 11m 17s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
08:04:09
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
790.922 km
Perigee altitude
780.58 km
Semi-major axis
7,163.888 km
Eccentricity
0.00072
Inclination
67.0563°
RAAN
287.8249°
Arg. of periapsis
251.515°
True anomaly
108.59511°
Mean anomaly
108.5167°
Eccentric anomaly
108.55591°
Mean motion
3.57948 °/min
Orbital period
100.57 mins
BSTAR
0.000072768
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Other satellites on launch #43 in the year 2001 (2001-09-30 UTC)
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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. |
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| 10 mins | 2026-06-05 09:55:10.706Z | 191.453° SSW | 2026-06-05 10:00:10.706Z | 100.876° ESE | 40.519° | 2026-06-05 10:05:10.706Z | 36.118° NE |
| 6 mins | 2026-06-05 11:41:10.706Z | 277.727° WNW | 2026-06-05 11:43:10.706Z | 305.123° NW | 20.046° | 2026-06-05 11:47:10.706Z | 357.901° N |
| 8 mins | 2026-06-05 18:44:10.706Z | 350.895° N | 2026-06-05 18:48:10.706Z | 59.627° ENE | 33.174° | 2026-06-05 18:52:10.706Z | 120.715° SE |
| 7 mins | 2026-06-05 20:28:10.706Z | 296.248° NW | 2026-06-05 20:31:10.706Z | 250.832° W | 24.362° | 2026-06-05 20:35:10.706Z | 198.269° SSW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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