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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

Country

Unknown / AZER

Related business

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

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, 3.5 m

Radar Cross Section

9.390 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SPOT 7
1 40053U 14034A   25243.64312370  .00000846  00000-0  18366-3 0  9991
2 40053  98.1051 308.0241 0001547  87.1674 272.9704 14.60540814594862

Epoch: 2025-08-31T15:26Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T15:26:05.887Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

96.43945°

Altitude

694.361 km

Speed

7.509 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 32m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:19:58

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

689.598 km

Perigee altitude

687.411 km

Semi-major axis

7,066.641 km

Eccentricity

0.00015

Inclination

98.1051°

RAAN

308.0241°

Arg. of periapsis

87.1674°

True anomaly

272.9527°

Mean anomaly

272.9704°

Eccentric anomaly

272.96155°

Mean motion

3.65362 °/min

Orbital period

98.53 mins

BSTAR

0.00018366

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Other satellites on launch #34 in the year 2014 (2014-06-30 UTC)

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.
5 mins	2025-09-01 03:06:21.138Z	99.84° ESE	2025-09-01 03:09:21.138Z	59.274° ENE	15.218°	2025-09-01 03:11:21.138Z	32.183° NE
7 mins	2025-09-01 04:43:21.138Z	190.609° SSW	2025-09-01 04:46:21.138Z	271.665° WNW	38.673°	2025-09-01 04:50:21.138Z	336.455° NNW
7 mins	2025-09-01 16:41:21.138Z	37.616° NE	2025-09-01 16:44:21.138Z	95.172° ESE	31.607°	2025-09-01 16:48:21.138Z	164.111° S
5 mins	2025-09-01 18:19:21.138Z	331.119° NNW	2025-09-01 18:21:21.138Z	300.28° NW	19.89°	2025-09-01 18:24:21.138Z	253.019° W