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UK-DMC, 27942

Orbit data source: Space-Track

UK-DMC, 27942 is a payload satellite owned by BNSC (UK) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

27942, 2003-042D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

British National Space Centre (UK)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Non-operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SSTL-100, Unknown motor

Mass

100 kg wet, 85.4 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2003-09-27 (22 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Arm, 6.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.540 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 UK-DMC
1 27942U 03042D   25128.89686233  .00002156  00000-0  24876-3 0  9990
2 27942  98.0732 306.6236 0056442  83.0109 277.7521 14.85595430162715

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:31Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:31:28.905Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

116.79239°

Altitude

609.638 km

Speed

7.557 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 26m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-81.81216°

Longitude

-164.078°

Altitude

678.853 km

Speed

7.495 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 07m 41s

Apparent Declination

-62° 46' 41"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:35:35

Azimuth

171.907° S

Elevation

-66.758°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

648.194 km

Perigee altitude

569.323 km

Semi-major axis

6,986.896 km

Eccentricity

0.0056442

Inclination

98.0732°

RAAN

306.6236°

Arg. of periapsis

83.0109°

True anomaly

277.11064°

Mean anomaly

277.7521°

Eccentric anomaly

277.43143°

Mean motion

3.71635 °/min

BSTAR

0.00024876

Orbital period

96.87 mins

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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2003 (2003-09-27 UTC)

UK-DMC 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.
4 mins	2025-05-09 10:37:25.440Z	94.462° ESE	2025-05-09 10:39:25.440Z	64.594° ENE	13.395°	2025-05-09 10:41:25.440Z	34.708° NE
6 mins	2025-05-09 12:12:25.440Z	194.232° SSW	2025-05-09 12:15:25.440Z	282.88° WNW	34.942°	2025-05-09 12:18:25.440Z	332.782° NNW
5 mins	2025-05-09 23:59:25.440Z	61.96° ENE	2025-05-10 00:01:25.440Z	107.4° ESE	23.362°	2025-05-10 00:04:25.440Z	153.504° SSE
4 mins	2025-05-10 01:35:25.440Z	320.551° NNW	2025-05-10 01:36:25.440Z	299.956° NW	21.715°	2025-05-10 01:39:25.440Z	244.599° WSW

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