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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: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 BRITE TORONTO
1 40020U 14033L   26171.36706416  .00000559  00000-0  91945-4 0  9998
2 40020  97.9744 300.2364 0077215 266.6473  92.5899 14.72680489642689

Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:48:34.343Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-100.48939°

Altitude

658.405 km

Speed

7.527 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 00m 56s

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

21:43:11

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

703.842 km

Perigee altitude

595.313 km

Semi-major axis

7,027.715 km

Eccentricity

0.00772

Inclination

97.9744°

RAAN

300.2364°

Arg. of periapsis

266.6473°

True anomaly

93.47339°

Mean anomaly

92.5899°

Eccentric anomaly

93.03169°

Mean motion

3.68402 °/min

Orbital period

97.72 mins

BSTAR

0.000091945

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

DUCHIFAT 1, 40021

HODOYOSHI 3, 40015

POLYITAN 1, 40042

FLOCK 1C 7, 40026 (Decayed)

BUGSAT 1, 40014

TABLETSAT AURORA, 40017

AEROCUBE 6A, 40045

FLOCK 1C 5, 40038 (Decayed)

UNISAT 6, 40012

PERSEUS M1, 40039

FLOCK 1C 11, 40033 (Decayed)

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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	2026-06-22 21:44:08.551Z	1.356° NNE	2026-06-22 21:47:08.551Z	260.837° W	41.91°	2026-06-22 21:51:08.551Z	204.48° SW
8 mins	2026-06-23 08:41:08.551Z	170.562° S	2026-06-23 08:44:08.551Z	198.33° SSW	43.899°	2026-06-23 08:49:08.551Z	345.468° N

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BRITE TORONTO, 40020

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T08:48:34.343Z)

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

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