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SKYSAT 2, 40072

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SKYSAT 2, 40072 is a payload satellite owned by Skybox (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 08 Jul 2014 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

40072, 2014-037D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Skybox

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

SKYSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

82 kg wet, 82 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-07-08 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.800 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SKYSAT 2
1 40072U 14037D   25129.17444240  .00001700  00000-0  19925-3 0  9990
2 40072  98.3416  61.9398 0006635 137.2026 222.9706 14.86440882585992

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:11:11.823Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

131.90617°

Altitude

615.478 km

Speed

7.549 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 07m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-56.10015°

Longitude

144.64095°

Altitude

635.33 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 57m 07s

Apparent Declination

-48° 13' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:55:52

Azimuth

181.446° SSW

Elevation

-81.696°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

610.754 km

Perigee altitude

601.485 km

Semi-major axis

6,984.256 km

Eccentricity

0.0006635

Inclination

98.3416°

RAAN

61.9398°

Arg. of periapsis

137.2026°

True anomaly

222.91881°

Mean anomaly

222.9706°

Eccentric anomaly

222.9447°

Mean motion

3.71846 °/min

BSTAR

0.00019925

Orbital period

96.81 mins

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Other satellites on launch #37 in the year 2014 (2014-07-08 UTC)

METEOR M2, 40069

MKA PN2 (RELEK), 40070

SL-4 R/B, 40077 (Decayed)

FREGAT DEB, 40078

SKYSAT 2 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.
4 mins	2025-05-09 09:36:39.536Z	321.214° NNW	2025-05-09 09:38:39.536Z	289.65° WNW	14.558°	2025-05-09 09:40:39.536Z	260.959° W
6 mins	2025-05-09 18:52:39.536Z	122.873° SE	2025-05-09 18:54:39.536Z	81.236° E	29.039°	2025-05-09 18:58:39.536Z	6.664° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-09 20:29:39.536Z	242.888° WSW	2025-05-09 20:30:39.536Z	260.791° W	17.948°	2025-05-09 20:33:39.536Z	308.533° NW
7 mins	2025-05-10 08:13:39.536Z	21.544° NNE	2025-05-10 08:16:39.536Z	93.904° ESE	42.625°	2025-05-10 08:20:39.536Z	184.756° SSW

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