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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: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 BRITE TORONTO
1 40020U 14033L   26124.14493880  .00000869  00000-0  13776-3 0  9999
2 40020  97.9673 253.9031 0079822  58.5405 302.3574 14.72614398635730

Epoch: 2026-05-04T03:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-04T03:28:42.712Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-20.31321°

Altitude

626.023 km

Speed

7.562 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 55m 36s

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

20:13:53

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

705.886 km

Perigee altitude

593.689 km

Semi-major axis

7,027.925 km

Eccentricity

0.00798

Inclination

97.9673°

RAAN

253.9031°

Arg. of periapsis

58.5405°

True anomaly

301.58061°

Mean anomaly

302.3574°

Eccentric anomaly

301.96942°

Mean motion

3.68385 °/min

Orbital period

97.72 mins

BSTAR

0.00013776

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

TABLETSAT AURORA, 40017

NANOSAT C BR1, 40024

LEMUR 1, 40044

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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.
5 mins	2026-05-04 20:22:44.972Z	58.331° ENE	2026-05-04 20:24:44.972Z	86.57° E	15.149°	2026-05-04 20:27:44.972Z	129.472° SE
6 mins	2026-05-04 21:59:44.972Z	347.08° N	2026-05-04 22:01:44.972Z	301.046° NW	34.629°	2026-05-04 22:05:44.972Z	218.317° SW
6 mins	2026-05-05 08:57:44.972Z	188.768° SSW	2026-05-05 09:00:44.972Z	274.246° WNW	38.082°	2026-05-05 09:03:44.972Z	333.856° NNW

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BRITE TORONTO, 40020

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-04T03:28:42.712Z)

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