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IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P, 27422

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P, 27422 is a payload satellite owned by Arianespace (FR) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 04 May 2002 UTC launched 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

27422, 2002-021B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

EADS/LV

Mission

Non-operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

ARIANE H10-3, HM-7B

Mass

1,820 kg wet, 1,820 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-05-04 (23 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 11 hours ago

0 IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P
1 27422U 02021B   25126.79721248  .00000418  00000-0  17609-3 0  9997
2 27422  98.5595  64.6859 0012314  16.9636 343.1956 14.30769341200135

Epoch: 2025-05-06T19:07Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-06T19:07:59.158Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-87.20185°

Altitude

783.645 km

Speed

7.466 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 18m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-78.90334°

Longitude

-36.97599°

Altitude

818.345 km

Speed

7.442 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 29m 02s

Apparent Declination

-64° 10' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:30:41

Azimuth

194.652° SSW

Elevation

-64.287°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

795.12 km

Perigee altitude

777.475 km

Semi-major axis

7,164.434 km

Eccentricity

0.0012314

Inclination

98.5595°

RAAN

64.6859°

Arg. of periapsis

16.9636°

True anomaly

343.15474°

Mean anomaly

343.1956°

Eccentric anomaly

343.17518°

Mean motion

3.57907 °/min

BSTAR

0.00017609

Orbital period

100.58 mins

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IDEFIX/ARIANE 42P 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.
6 mins	2025-05-07 07:29:44.264Z	57.547° ENE	2025-05-07 07:32:44.264Z	96.374° ESE	16.646°	2025-05-07 07:35:44.264Z	132.42° SE
8 mins	2025-05-07 09:08:44.264Z	358.279° N	2025-05-07 09:11:44.264Z	309.142° NW	38.365°	2025-05-07 09:16:44.264Z	213.335° SW
6 mins	2025-05-07 18:47:44.264Z	104.093° ESE	2025-05-07 18:49:44.264Z	73.391° E	22.707°	2025-05-07 18:53:44.264Z	16.196° NNE
8 mins	2025-05-07 20:25:44.264Z	200.035° SSW	2025-05-07 20:29:44.264Z	271.941° WNW	31.545°	2025-05-07 20:33:44.264Z	328.213° NNW

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