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SENTINEL 2A, 40697

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SENTINEL 2A, 40697 is an ESA payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 UTC via a VEGA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

40697, 2015-028A

Orbit

SSO

Country

ESA

Related business

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (BE)

Manufacturer

ADS/Bremen

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SENTINEL-2, AOCS

Mass

1,130 kg wet, 1,063 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-06-23 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 6.0 m

Radar Cross Section

11.901 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 SENTINEL 2A
1 40697U 15028A   26070.94201648 -.00004615  00000-0 -17455-2 0  9993
2 40697  98.5646 147.2020 0001267  98.7677 261.3649 14.30807144559824

Epoch: 2026-03-11T22:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-11T22:36:30.223Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-1.52294°

Altitude

792.104 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 48m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

11:29:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

787.079 km

Perigee altitude

785.264 km

Semi-major axis

7,164.308 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

98.5646°

RAAN

147.202°

Arg. of periapsis

98.7677°

True anomaly

261.35055°

Mean anomaly

261.3649°

Eccentric anomaly

261.35772°

Mean motion

3.57917 °/min

Orbital period

100.58 mins

BSTAR

-0.0017455

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SENTINEL 2A 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.
9 mins	2026-03-12 17:38:49.252Z	21.117° NNE	2026-03-12 17:43:49.252Z	127.99° SE	41.148°	2026-03-12 17:47:49.252Z	181.531° SSW
4 mins	2026-03-12 19:20:49.252Z	317.947° NNW	2026-03-12 19:21:49.252Z	304.793° NW	15.511°	2026-03-12 19:24:49.252Z	266.452° W
8 mins	2026-03-13 04:56:49.252Z	163.768° S	2026-03-13 05:00:49.252Z	357.126° N	44.214°	2026-03-13 05:04:49.252Z	347.403° N

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SENTINEL 2A, 40697

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: 2026-03-11T22:36:30.223Z)

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Other satellites on launch #28 in the year 2015 (2015-06-23 UTC)

SENTINEL 2A Visibility forecast

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