LARES, 38077
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LARES, 38077 is a payload satellite owned by ASI (IT) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 13 Feb 2012 UTC via a VEGA 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
ITRelated business
Manufacturer
CGS
Mission
Operational Civil Technology
Bus & Motor
LARES, Unknown motor
Mass
400 kg wet, 400 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Sphere, 0.2 m
Radar Cross Section
0.126 m², Small (<0.1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 LARES
1 38077U 12006A 25343.44075491 -.00000020 00000-0 11649-3 0 9992
2 38077 69.4912 256.3482 0010763 231.3235 128.6829 12.54932066633268Epoch: 2025-12-09T10:34Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-09T10:34:41.224Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
19.25103°
Altitude
1,451.322 km
Speed
7.134 km/s
True Right ascension
17h 05m 23s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
14:57:08
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,450.577 km
Perigee altitude
1,433.743 km
Semi-major axis
7,820.297 km
Eccentricity
0.00108
Inclination
69.4912°
RAAN
256.3482°
Arg. of periapsis
231.3235°
True anomaly
128.7791°
Mean anomaly
128.6829°
Eccentric anomaly
128.73101°
Mean motion
3.1384 °/min
Orbital period
114.71 mins
BSTAR
0.00011649
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Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2012 (2012-02-13 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LARES 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. |
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| 12 mins | 2025-12-09 18:19:53.778Z | 146.733° SSE | 2025-12-09 18:25:53.778Z | 98.94° ESE | 23.213° | 2025-12-09 18:31:53.778Z | 51.375° ENE |
| 15 mins | 2025-12-09 20:15:53.778Z | 216.173° SW | 2025-12-09 20:22:53.778Z | 296.738° NW | 43.277° | 2025-12-09 20:30:53.778Z | 20.925° NNE |
| 10 mins | 2025-12-09 22:17:53.778Z | 286.001° WNW | 2025-12-09 22:22:53.778Z | 324.603° NNW | 17.629° | 2025-12-09 22:27:53.778Z | 1.337° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-10 02:26:53.778Z | 15.483° NNE | 2025-12-10 02:28:53.778Z | 29.749° NE | 11.986° | 2025-12-10 02:30:53.778Z | 43.929° NE |
| 14 mins | 2025-12-10 04:22:53.778Z | 350.024° N | 2025-12-10 04:28:53.778Z | 46.511° ENE | 34.698° | 2025-12-10 04:36:53.778Z | 123.835° SE |
| 14 mins | 2025-12-10 06:20:53.778Z | 317.626° NNW | 2025-12-10 06:26:53.778Z | 260.239° W | 34.791° | 2025-12-10 06:34:53.778Z | 187.674° SSW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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