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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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Identifier

38077, 2012-006A

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

Italian Space Agency (IT)

Manufacturer

CGS

Mission

Operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

LARES, Unknown motor

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-02-13 (14 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.126 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 LARES
1 38077U 12006A   26038.45655796 -.00000044  00000-0 -35150-4 0  9998
2 38077  69.4903 153.8388 0008583 181.0019 179.0992 12.54932096640792

Epoch: 2026-02-07T10:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-07T10:57:26.607Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-148.10188°

Altitude

1,452.768 km

Speed

7.133 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 15m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

19:49:57

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,448.872 km

Perigee altitude

1,435.447 km

Semi-major axis

7,820.296 km

Eccentricity

0.00086

Inclination

69.4903°

RAAN

153.8388°

Arg. of periapsis

181.0019°

True anomaly

179.10074°

Mean anomaly

179.0992°

Eccentric anomaly

179.09997°

Mean motion

3.1384 °/min

Orbital period

114.71 mins

BSTAR

-0.00003515

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Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2012 (2012-02-13 UTC)

ROBUSTA, 38084 (Decayed)

UNICUBESAT, 38085 (Decayed)

ALMASAT-1, 38078 (Decayed)

PW SAT, 38083 (Decayed)

MASAT-1, 38081 (Decayed)

XATCOBEO, 38082 (Decayed)

E-STAR, 38079 (Decayed)

GOLIAT, 38080 (Decayed)

AVUM R/B, 38086 (Decayed)

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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.
16 mins	2026-02-07 19:13:01.050Z	327.483° NNW	2026-02-07 19:21:01.050Z	245.301° WSW	41.302°	2026-02-07 19:29:01.050Z	173.896° S
14 mins	2026-02-08 08:06:01.050Z	168.887° S	2026-02-08 08:13:01.050Z	96.872° ESE	34.892°	2026-02-08 08:20:01.050Z	38.504° NE
14 mins	2026-02-08 10:04:01.050Z	240.618° WSW	2026-02-08 10:10:01.050Z	298.912° NW	34.687°	2026-02-08 10:18:01.050Z	13.997° NNE
5 mins	2026-02-08 12:09:01.050Z	317.184° NNW	2026-02-08 12:11:01.050Z	331.389° NNW	11.911°	2026-02-08 12:14:01.050Z	352.319° N
9 mins	2026-02-08 16:13:01.050Z	5.829° NNE	2026-02-08 16:17:01.050Z	36.998° NE	17.595°	2026-02-08 16:22:01.050Z	75.363° E

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LARES, 38077

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-07T10:57:26.607Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #6 in the year 2012 (2012-02-13 UTC)

LARES Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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