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DUMMY SAT, 40073

Orbit data source: Space-Track

DUMMY SAT, 40073 is a payload satellite owned by DND DSD (CIS) 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

40073, 2014-037E

Orbit

SSO

Country

CIS

Related business

Canadian Space Agency (CA)

Manufacturer

ComDev

Mission

Non-operational Defense Calibration

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

75 kg wet, 75 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-07-08 (12 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.660 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 DUMMY SAT
1 40073U 14037E   26251.28008410  .00000238  00000-0  36471-4 0  9996
2 40073  98.3801 206.0095 0006602  51.7538 308.4268 14.83098209657755

Epoch: 2026-09-08T06:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-08T06:43:19.266Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

117.83045°

Altitude

619.702 km

Speed

7.551 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 44m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

07:41:29

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

621.238 km

Perigee altitude

612.003 km

Semi-major axis

6,994.758 km

Eccentricity

0.00066

Inclination

98.3801°

RAAN

206.0095°

Arg. of periapsis

51.7538°

True anomaly

308.3675°

Mean anomaly

308.4268°

Eccentric anomaly

308.39715°

Mean motion

3.71009 °/min

Orbital period

97.03 mins

BSTAR

0.000036471

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

DX 1, 40071

FREGAT DEB, 40078

MKA PN2 (RELEK), 40070

SL-4 R/B, 40077 (Decayed)

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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.
6 mins	2026-09-08 21:26:07.291Z	195.219° SSW	2026-09-08 21:28:07.291Z	249.754° W	50.433°	2026-09-08 21:32:07.291Z	334.762° NNW
5 mins	2026-09-09 09:14:07.291Z	61.112° ENE	2026-09-09 09:16:07.291Z	103.527° ESE	25.639°	2026-09-09 09:19:07.291Z	150.886° SSE
5 mins	2026-09-09 10:50:07.291Z	326.45° NNW	2026-09-09 10:52:07.291Z	283.341° WNW	26.073°	2026-09-09 10:55:07.291Z	236.959° WSW

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DUMMY SAT, 40073

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-08T06:43:19.266Z)

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

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