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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 (11 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: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 CARBONITE 1
1 40718U 15032D   26092.29996804  .00001029  00000-0  13163-3 0  9996
2 40718  97.6475 273.5642 0014563 178.4554 181.6708 14.83329291578094

Epoch: 2026-04-02T07:11Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T07:11:57.238Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-25.07472°

Altitude

632.056 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 14m 15s

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

03:04:05

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

626.045 km

Perigee altitude

605.675 km

Semi-major axis

6,993.997 km

Eccentricity

0.00146

Inclination

97.6475°

RAAN

273.5642°

Arg. of periapsis

178.4554°

True anomaly

181.66594°

Mean anomaly

181.6708°

Eccentric anomaly

181.66837°

Mean motion

3.71069 °/min

Orbital period

97.02 mins

BSTAR

0.00013163

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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.
5 mins	2026-04-02 23:58:38.643Z	48.967° ENE	2026-04-03 00:01:38.643Z	98.016° ESE	19.268°	2026-04-03 00:03:38.643Z	132.004° SE
5 mins	2026-04-03 01:35:38.643Z	333.773° NNW	2026-04-03 01:37:38.643Z	287.582° WNW	27.538°	2026-04-03 01:40:38.643Z	232.133° WSW
6 mins	2026-04-03 12:28:38.643Z	197.852° SSW	2026-04-03 12:30:38.643Z	241.63° WSW	35.032°	2026-04-03 12:34:38.643Z	332.359° NNW

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CARBONITE 1, 40718

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-02T07:11:57.238Z)

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

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