LILACSAT 2, 40908
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LILACSAT 2, 40908 is a payload satellite owned by Harbin (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 19 Sep 2015 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6 launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
Harbin
Mission
Operational Amateur Com/Tech
Bus & Motor
CAS-3H, Unknown motor
Mass
11 kg wet, 11 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.2 m
Radar Cross Section
0.060 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago
TLE from 7 hours ago
0 LILACSAT 2
1 40908U 15049K 26259.90225052 .00019258 00000-0 29536-3 0 9992
2 40908 97.4557 300.3766 0004616 276.1708 83.9020 15.54345131609989Epoch: 2026-09-16T21:39Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-16T21:39:14.444Z)
Latitude
-0.00001°
Longitude
-20.28076°
Altitude
406.861 km
Speed
7.667 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 01m 30s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
20:59:03
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
404.109 km
Perigee altitude
397.85 km
Semi-major axis
6,779.116 km
Eccentricity
0.00046
Inclination
97.4557°
RAAN
300.3766°
Arg. of periapsis
276.1708°
True anomaly
83.9546°
Mean anomaly
83.902°
Eccentric anomaly
83.9283°
Mean motion
3.88851 °/min
Orbital period
92.58 mins
BSTAR
0.00029536
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LILACSAT 2 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. |
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| 4 mins | 2026-09-17 15:13:03.720Z | 40.334° NE | 2026-09-17 15:15:03.720Z | 91.718° ESE | 30.476° | 2026-09-17 15:17:03.720Z | 151.455° SSE |
| 4 mins | 2026-09-18 03:09:03.720Z | 195.533° SSW | 2026-09-18 03:11:03.720Z | 279.916° WNW | 44.673° | 2026-09-18 03:13:03.720Z | 330.997° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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