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SPOT 7, 40053

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SPOT 7, 40053 is a payload satellite owned by CNES (AZ) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 30 Jun 2014 UTC via a PSLV launch vehicle from the Sirharikota (SRI). 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

40053, 2014-034A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (AZ / AZER)

Manufacturer

Airbus (UK)

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

ASTROSAT-500L, AOCS

Mass

712 kg wet, ~712 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-06-30 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 3 Pan, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

9.390 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SPOT 7
1 40053U 14034A   25129.50329173  .00000624  00000-0  13830-3 0  9993
2 40053  98.1133 196.2700 0001588  89.0775 271.0608 14.60422046578229

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:04Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:04:44.405Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

147.52648°

Altitude

694.779 km

Speed

7.509 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 05m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-70.2419°

Longitude

170.96488°

Altitude

719.069 km

Speed

7.494 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 26m 34s

Apparent Declination

-56° 23' 46"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:51:32

Azimuth

196.321° SSW

Elevation

-72.548°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

690.01 km

Perigee altitude

687.766 km

Semi-major axis

7,067.025 km

Eccentricity

0.0001588

Inclination

98.1133°

RAAN

196.27°

Arg. of periapsis

89.0775°

True anomaly

271.04261°

Mean anomaly

271.0608°

Eccentric anomaly

271.0517°

Mean motion

3.65332 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001383

Orbital period

98.54 mins

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SPOT 7 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.
8 mins	2025-05-09 17:35:01.057Z	3.237° NNE	2025-05-09 17:39:01.057Z	266.173° W	40.837°	2025-05-09 17:43:01.057Z	207.199° SW
7 mins	2025-05-10 04:39:01.057Z	180.963° SSW	2025-05-10 04:42:01.057Z	243.257° WSW	41.749°	2025-05-10 04:46:01.057Z	338.671° N

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