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BILSAT 1, 27943

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BILSAT 1, 27943 is a payload satellite owned by TUBITAK-BILTEN (TR) 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

27943, 2003-042E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Information Technologies and Electronics Institute (Unknown / TURK)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SSTL-100, Unknown motor

Mass

100 kg wet, 100 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 12 hours ago

0 BILSAT 1
1 27943U 03042E   25177.94672681  .00000218  00000-0  48413-4 0  9994
2 27943  98.3596 335.4833 0011461  31.2614 328.9268 14.66652624162106

Epoch: 2025-06-26T22:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-26T22:43:17.196Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

79.35502°

Altitude

667.844 km

Speed

7.527 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 21m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

21.08515°

Longitude

76.61512°

Altitude

666.441 km

Speed

7.53 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 36m 16s

Apparent Declination

-39° 58' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:39:23

Azimuth

157.913° S

Elevation

5.781°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

676.931 km

Perigee altitude

660.778 km

Semi-major axis

7,046.991 km

Eccentricity

0.00115

Inclination

98.3596°

RAAN

335.4833°

Arg. of periapsis

31.2614°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

328.9268°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.66891 °/min

Orbital period

98.12 mins

BSTAR

0.000048413

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

BILSAT 1 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	2025-06-27 10:17:44.669Z	156.738° SSE	2025-06-27 10:21:44.669Z	106.727° ESE	42.304°	2025-06-27 10:25:44.669Z	353.546° N
5 mins	2025-06-27 22:14:44.669Z	58.441° ENE	2025-06-27 22:16:44.669Z	85.35° E	14.934°	2025-06-27 22:19:44.669Z	127.368° SE
7 mins	2025-06-27 23:51:44.669Z	353.405° N	2025-06-27 23:54:44.669Z	279.002° WNW	36.687°	2025-06-27 23:58:44.669Z	214.791° SW

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