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BRITE TORONTO, 40020

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BRITE TORONTO, 40020 is a Canadian payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 UTC via a DNEPR launch vehicle from the Orenburg, Russia (OREN). 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

40020, 2014-033L

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Canadian Space Agency (CA)

Manufacturer

UTIAS-SFL

Mission

Operational Amateur Astronomy

Bus & Motor

GNB, Unknown motor

Mass

7 kg wet, 7 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-06-19 (12 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DNEPR

Launch site

Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.060 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 BRITE TORONTO
1 40020U 14033L   26033.35954546  .00000982  00000-0  15588-3 0  9991
2 40020  97.9522 164.9710 0078754 349.5216  10.4346 14.72366118622378

Epoch: 2026-02-02T08:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-02T08:37:44.727Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-97.02131°

Altitude

602.076 km

Speed

7.588 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 59m 53s

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

17:40:15

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

705.932 km

Perigee altitude

595.224 km

Semi-major axis

7,028.715 km

Eccentricity

0.00788

Inclination

97.9522°

RAAN

164.971°

Arg. of periapsis

349.5216°

True anomaly

10.59964°

Mean anomaly

10.4346°

Eccentric anomaly

10.51696°

Mean motion

3.68323 °/min

Orbital period

97.74 mins

BSTAR

0.00015588

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Other satellites on launch #33 in the year 2014 (2014-06-19 UTC)

FLOCK 1C 4, 40031 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 1, 40027 (Decayed)

DTUSAT 2, 40030

FLOCK 1C 8, 40040 (Decayed)

HODOYOSHI 4, 40011

TABLETSAT AURORA, 40017

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BRITE TORONTO 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.
7 mins	2026-02-02 20:37:19.039Z	41.102° NE	2026-02-02 20:41:19.039Z	99.243° ESE	22.041°	2026-02-02 20:44:19.039Z	143.492° SSE
6 mins	2026-02-02 22:15:19.039Z	340.751° N	2026-02-02 22:18:19.039Z	277.572° WNW	28.883°	2026-02-02 22:21:19.039Z	230.935° WSW
4 mins	2026-02-03 07:38:19.039Z	89.161° E	2026-02-03 07:39:19.039Z	72.014° E	17.464°	2026-02-03 07:42:19.039Z	25.43° NE
6 mins	2026-02-03 09:13:19.039Z	201.775° SSW	2026-02-03 09:16:19.039Z	268.227° W	31.113°	2026-02-03 09:19:19.039Z	325.098° NNW

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BRITE TORONTO, 40020

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: 2026-02-02T08:37:44.727Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #33 in the year 2014 (2014-06-19 UTC)

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