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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

7 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, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

1.100 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 CARBONITE 1
1 40718U 15032D   25132.56659143  .00002131  00000-0  27656-3 0  9999
2 40718  97.6443 323.2098 0015401 162.9847 197.1886 14.81667918529984

Epoch: 2025-05-12T13:35Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T13:35:53.499Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-111.34094°

Altitude

637.402 km

Speed

7.534 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 32m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.66428°

Longitude

69.57223°

Altitude

616.105 km

Speed

7.557 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 24m 53s

Apparent Declination

-27° 49' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:15:11

Azimuth

102.572° ESE

Elevation

-30.181°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

631.871 km

Perigee altitude

610.312 km

Semi-major axis

6,999.229 km

Eccentricity

0.0015401

Inclination

97.6443°

RAAN

323.2098°

Arg. of periapsis

162.9847°

True anomaly

197.13654°

Mean anomaly

197.1886°

Eccentric anomaly

197.16256°

Mean motion

3.70653 °/min

BSTAR

0.00027656

Orbital period

97.13 mins

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

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	2025-05-13 01:30:09.083Z	13.318° NNE	2025-05-13 01:34:09.083Z	43.566° NE	44.598°	2025-05-13 01:38:09.083Z	191.325° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-13 12:26:09.083Z	144.27° SSE	2025-05-13 12:28:09.083Z	94.637° ESE	39.822°	2025-05-13 12:32:09.083Z	357.671° N

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