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CARBONITE 1, 40718

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CARBONITE 1, 40718 is a payload satellite owned by SSTL (Astrium) (UK) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 10 Jul 2015 UTC via a PSLV-XL launch vehicle from the Sirharikota (SRI). 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

40718, 2015-032D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Airbus Defense and Space (UK)

Manufacturer

SSTL (Astrium)

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

CBNT, Unknown motor

Mass

91 kg wet, 91 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-07-10 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PSLV-XL

Launch site

Sirharikota (SRI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + Cyl, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

1.100 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 CARBONITE 1
1 40718U 15032D   25222.57839107  .00001835  00000-0  23742-3 0  9992
2 40718  97.6447  49.1395 0013673 230.1873 129.8138 14.81973088543311

Epoch: 2025-08-10T13:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-10T13:52:52.988Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-118.37901°

Altitude

632.273 km

Speed

7.539 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 16m 33s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-46.81715°

Longitude

-109.95184°

Altitude

640.156 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 06m 45s

Apparent Declination

-51° 07' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:26:46

Azimuth

234.429° WSW

Elevation

-60.267°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

629.699 km

Perigee altitude

610.561 km

Semi-major axis

6,998.267 km

Eccentricity

0.00137

Inclination

97.6447°

RAAN

49.1395°

Arg. of periapsis

230.1873°

True anomaly

129.93402°

Mean anomaly

129.8138°

Eccentric anomaly

129.87392°

Mean motion

3.7073 °/min

Orbital period

97.11 mins

BSTAR

0.00023742

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Other satellites on launch #32 in the year 2015 (2015-07-10 UTC)

CARBONITE 1 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-08-11 01:48:01.772Z	352.827° N	2025-08-11 01:51:01.772Z	280.946° WNW	35.591°	2025-08-11 01:54:01.772Z	219.166° SW
7 mins	2025-08-11 12:42:01.772Z	179.398° S	2025-08-11 12:45:01.772Z	277.841° WNW	42.643°	2025-08-11 12:49:01.772Z	342.246° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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