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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

Country

Related business

Airbus Defense and Space (FR)

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

0.780 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 CARBONITE 1
1 40718U 15032D   25343.61197538  .00002596  00000-0  32730-3 0  9998
2 40718  97.6406 164.7941 0014231 191.3934 168.6960 14.82720542561246

Epoch: 2025-12-09T14:41Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-09T14:41:14.672Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-134.11119°

Altitude

633.552 km

Speed

7.536 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 59m 10s

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

18:53:00

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

627.731 km

Perigee altitude

607.82 km

Semi-major axis

6,995.913 km

Eccentricity

0.00142

Inclination

97.6406°

RAAN

164.7941°

Arg. of periapsis

191.3934°

True anomaly

168.72791°

Mean anomaly

168.696°

Eccentric anomaly

168.71196°

Mean motion

3.70917 °/min

Orbital period

97.06 mins

BSTAR

0.0003273

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CARBONITE 1 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.
8 mins	2025-12-10 00:58:08.056Z	17.018° NNE	2025-12-10 01:02:08.056Z	103.42° ESE	43.493°	2025-12-10 01:06:08.056Z	185.854° SSW
6 mins	2025-12-10 11:53:08.056Z	138.875° SSE	2025-12-10 11:56:08.056Z	56.157° ENE	36.109°	2025-12-10 11:59:08.056Z	3.034° NNE

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CARBONITE 1, 40718

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-09T14:41:14.672Z)

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