ARIANE 5 R/B, 40665

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 5 R/B, 40665 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Wed, 27 May 2015 UTC launched from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

40665, 2015-026C

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

Airbus Safran

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

ESC-A, Unknown motor

Mass

~5,000 kg wet, ~5,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-05-27 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Nozzle, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

41.627 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 ARIANE 5 R/B
1 40665U 15026C   25129.21763897  .00018307  00000-0  20226-2 0  9990
2 40665   3.5966 178.5325 6985447 227.3210  48.1620  2.68175511 88994

Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:13:24.006Z)

Latitude

0.0001°

Longitude

-126.68694°

Altitude

15,028.792 km

Speed

4.362 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 55m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.40504°

Longitude

-17.12411°

Altitude

10,185.988 km

Speed

5.469 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 48m 09s

Apparent Declination

-8° 23' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:18:49

Azimuth

321.661° NNW

Elevation

-52.696°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

30,801.748 km

Perigee altitude

220.496 km

Semi-major axis

21,889.259 km

Eccentricity

0.6985447

Inclination

3.5966°

RAAN

178.5325°

Arg. of periapsis

227.321°

True anomaly

132.98249°

Mean anomaly

48.162°

Eccentric anomaly

88.16514°

Mean motion

0.67019 °/min

BSTAR

0.0020226

Orbital period

537.16 mins

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Other satellites on launch #26 in the year 2015 (2015-05-27 UTC)

DIRECTV 15, 40663

SKY MEXICO-1, 40664

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 40666 (Decayed)

ARIANE 5 R/B 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.
159 mins	2025-05-10 02:36:34.453Z	103.64° ESE	2025-05-10 04:14:34.453Z	107.965° ESE	13.808°	2025-05-10 05:15:34.453Z	106.854° ESE
144 mins	2025-05-10 08:42:34.453Z	250.194° W	2025-05-10 09:40:34.453Z	251.058° W	12.842°	2025-05-10 11:06:34.453Z	256.082° W

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