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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, 0.6 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   26296.95487247  .00000272  00000-0  40595-4 0  9998
2 40073  98.3898 253.9222 0004316 252.6921 107.3819 14.83126683664521

Epoch: 2026-10-23T22:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-23T22:55:00.981Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-122.19988°

Altitude

623.386 km

Speed

7.547 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 55m 41s

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

02:42:55

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

619.55 km

Perigee altitude

613.512 km

Semi-major axis

6,994.668 km

Eccentricity

0.00043

Inclination

98.3898°

RAAN

253.9222°

Arg. of periapsis

252.6921°

True anomaly

107.42909°

Mean anomaly

107.3819°

Eccentric anomaly

107.4055°

Mean motion

3.71016 °/min

Orbital period

97.03 mins

BSTAR

0.000040595

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

SL-4 R/B, 40077 (Decayed)

MKA PN2 (RELEK), 40070

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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	2026-10-24 09:13:30.904Z	53.327° ENE	2026-10-24 09:16:30.904Z	102.673° ESE	19.515°	2026-10-24 09:18:30.904Z	134.08° SE
6 mins	2026-10-24 10:49:30.904Z	345.194° N	2026-10-24 10:52:30.904Z	279.945° WNW	33.769°	2026-10-24 10:55:30.904Z	228.895° WSW
4 mins	2026-10-24 20:08:30.904Z	89.129° E	2026-10-24 20:10:30.904Z	56.489° ENE	16.417°	2026-10-24 20:12:30.904Z	28.099° NE
6 mins	2026-10-24 21:43:30.904Z	201.963° SSW	2026-10-24 21:45:30.904Z	252.558° W	43.495°	2026-10-24 21:49:30.904Z	331.643° NNW

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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: 2026-10-23T22:55:00.981Z)

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