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POLYITAN 1, 40042

Orbit data source: Space-Track

POLYITAN 1, 40042 is a payload satellite owned by Kyiv Polytechnic (UA) 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

40042, 2014-033AJ

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (UA / UKR)

Manufacturer

Kyiv Polytechnic

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-06-19 (11 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

0.015 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 POLYITAN 1
1 40042U 14033AJ  25121.93987823  .00021117  00000-0  10538-2 0  9992
2 40042  98.1032 109.5220 0012079 125.3741 234.8621 15.17478485591434

Epoch: 2025-05-01T22:33Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-01T22:33:25.479Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-88.9378°

Altitude

521.329 km

Speed

7.6 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 18m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-17.3029°

Longitude

89.27774°

Altitude

517.984 km

Speed

7.605 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 05m 14s

Apparent Declination

-47° 14' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:57:34

Azimuth

234.906° WSW

Elevation

-36.088°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

518.785 km

Perigee altitude

502.144 km

Semi-major axis

6,888.602 km

Eccentricity

0.0012079

Inclination

98.1032°

RAAN

109.522°

Arg. of periapsis

125.3741°

True anomaly

234.74901°

Mean anomaly

234.8621°

Eccentric anomaly

234.80554°

Mean motion

3.79618 °/min

BSTAR

0.0010538

Orbital period

94.83 mins

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

KAZEOSAT 2, 40010

ANTELSAT, 40034

FLOCK 1C 9, 40035 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 6, 40036 (Decayed)

PERSEUS M2, 40037

FLOCK 1C 5, 40038 (Decayed)

PERSEUS M1, 40039

FLOCK 1C 8, 40040 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 3, 40041 (Decayed)

POLYITAN 1 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
6 mins	2025-05-02 22:25:53.048Z	126.173° SE	2025-05-02 22:28:53.048Z	71.813° E	23.229°	2025-05-02 22:31:53.048Z	14.692° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-03 11:32:53.048Z	54.784° ENE	2025-05-03 11:33:53.048Z	81.393° E	27.735°	2025-05-03 11:36:53.048Z	157.198° SSE

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