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SSETI-EXPRESS, 28894

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SSETI-EXPRESS, 28894 is a payload satellite owned by ESA (ESA) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 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

28894, 2005-043E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

ESTEC

Mission

Non-operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

SSETI, Unknown motor

Mass

77 kg wet, 77 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-10-27 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.979 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 SSETI-EXPRESS
1 28894U 05043E   25188.97172909  .00000399  00000-0  84018-4 0  9997
2 28894  98.2594 321.5186 0014728 279.6409  80.3129 14.64769203 50364

Epoch: 2025-07-07T23:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-07T23:19:17.393Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

45.52273°

Altitude

679.072 km

Speed

7.518 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 26m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

29.62855°

Longitude

-129.19014°

Altitude

687.92 km

Speed

7.512 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 17m 58s

Apparent Declination

-3° 25' 33"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:13:46

Azimuth

43.192° NE

Elevation

-45.097°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

685.282 km

Perigee altitude

664.506 km

Semi-major axis

7,053.031 km

Eccentricity

0.00147

Inclination

98.2594°

RAAN

321.5186°

Arg. of periapsis

279.6409°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

80.3129°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.6642 °/min

Orbital period

98.25 mins

BSTAR

0.000084018

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SSETI-EXPRESS 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	2025-07-08 21:12:17.257Z	28.97° NE	2025-07-08 21:16:17.257Z	88.512° E	32.302°	2025-07-08 21:20:17.257Z	164.652° S
5 mins	2025-07-08 22:51:17.257Z	329.632° NNW	2025-07-08 22:53:17.257Z	298.624° NW	19.258°	2025-07-08 22:56:17.257Z	252.999° W
7 mins	2025-07-09 08:15:17.257Z	128.616° SE	2025-07-09 08:18:17.257Z	67.627° E	31.43°	2025-07-09 08:22:17.257Z	4.486° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-09 09:53:17.257Z	230.214° WSW	2025-07-09 09:55:17.257Z	261.62° W	19.267°	2025-07-09 09:58:17.257Z	307.681° NW

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