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SPOT 5, 27421

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPOT 5, 27421 is a payload satellite owned by CNES (FR) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 04 May 2002 UTC via an ARIANE 42P launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

27421, 2002-021A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

Astrium/Toulouse

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

SPOT, AOCS

Mass

3,000 kg wet, 2,850 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-05-04 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 42P

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

26.052 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 SPOT 5
1 27421U 02021A   25127.08991935  .00000798  00000-0  17775-3 0  9996
2 27421  98.0386 177.7521 0131985  98.4056 263.2127 14.54255243203846

Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:09Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:09:29.031Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

-79.79861°

Altitude

727.044 km

Speed

7.485 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 51m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-27.6087°

Longitude

96.68708°

Altitude

755.354 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 27m 19s

Apparent Declination

-51° 44' 45"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:39:41

Azimuth

230.864° WSW

Elevation

-40.644°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.403 km

Perigee altitude

615.327 km

Semi-major axis

7,087.002 km

Eccentricity

0.0131985

Inclination

98.0386°

RAAN

177.7521°

Arg. of periapsis

98.4056°

True anomaly

261.71396°

Mean anomaly

263.2127°

Eccentric anomaly

262.46302°

Mean motion

3.63789 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017775

Orbital period

98.96 mins

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SPOT 5 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	2025-05-08 03:02:35.057Z	152.543° SSE	2025-05-08 03:06:35.057Z	93.957° ESE	40.184°	2025-05-08 03:10:35.057Z	357.116° N
7 mins	2025-05-08 16:42:35.057Z	352.776° N	2025-05-08 16:45:35.057Z	287.569° WNW	34.766°	2025-05-08 16:49:35.057Z	217.209° SW

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