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PLEIADES 1, 38012

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PLEIADES 1, 38012 is a French payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Sat, 17 Dec 2011 UTC via a SOYUZ-ST-A 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

38012, 2011-076F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

Astrium/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

ASTROSAT-1000, Unknown motor

Mass

940 kg wet, ~895 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2011-12-17 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-A

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + Cyl + 3 Pan, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

7.854 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 PLEIADES 1
1 38012U 11076F   25133.94192905  .00000429  00000-0  10223-3 0  9998
2 38012  98.1985 209.7300 0001058  88.3208  20.4873 14.58528698713797

Epoch: 2025-05-13T22:36Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T22:36:22.669Z)

Latitude

69.61765°

Longitude

-158.61127°

Altitude

709.249 km

Speed

7.508 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 29m 39s

True Declination

69° 30' 16"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

62.56616°

Longitude

-17.06077°

Altitude

707.971 km

Speed

7.508 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 28m 08s

Apparent Declination

51° 58' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:27:26

Azimuth

350.709° N

Elevation

2.831°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

695.76 km

Perigee altitude

694.263 km

Semi-major axis

7,073.149 km

Eccentricity

0.0001058

Inclination

98.1985°

RAAN

209.73°

Arg. of periapsis

88.3208°

True anomaly

20.49154°

Mean anomaly

20.4873°

Eccentric anomaly

20.48942°

Mean motion

3.64858 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010223

Orbital period

98.67 mins

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PLEIADES 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.
5 mins	2025-05-14 16:50:08.054Z	64.41° ENE	2025-05-14 16:52:08.054Z	95.144° ESE	17.446°	2025-05-14 16:55:08.054Z	135.799° SSE
7 mins	2025-05-14 18:27:08.054Z	348.635° N	2025-05-14 18:30:08.054Z	277.558° WNW	34.15°	2025-05-14 18:34:08.054Z	218.42° SW
5 mins	2025-05-15 03:55:08.054Z	94.049° ESE	2025-05-15 03:57:08.054Z	62.207° ENE	18.393°	2025-05-15 04:00:08.054Z	21.453° NNE

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