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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

40908, 2015-049K

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)

Manufacturer

Harbin

Mission

Operational Amateur Com/Tech

Bus & Motor

CAS-3H, Unknown motor

Mass

11 kg wet, 11 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-09-19 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.060 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 4 hours ago

TLE from 4 hours ago

0 LILACSAT 2
1 40908U 15049K   26139.49651929  .00011011  00000-0  19520-3 0  9990
2 40908  97.4675 175.2650 0006885  15.5253 344.6208 15.50411893591307

Epoch: 2026-05-19T11:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-19T11:54:59.266Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

119.34848°

Altitude

414.142 km

Speed

7.665 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 41m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

00:41:51

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

417.126 km

Perigee altitude

407.775 km

Semi-major axis

6,790.588 km

Eccentricity

0.00069

Inclination

97.4675°

RAAN

175.265°

Arg. of periapsis

15.5253°

True anomaly

344.59986°

Mean anomaly

344.6208°

Eccentric anomaly

344.61033°

Mean motion

3.87866 °/min

Orbital period

92.82 mins

BSTAR

0.0001952

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 UTC)

CZ-6 R/B, 40913 (Decayed)

KAITUO 1B, 40912 (Decayed)

XW-2C, 40906 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 40905

XW-2D, 40907 (Decayed)

NUDT-PHONESAT, 40900 (Decayed)

OBJECT A, 40899 (Decayed)

XW-2F, 40910 (Decayed)

ZDPS 2B, 40902 (Decayed)

KAITUO 1A, 40904 (Decayed)

XW-2E, 40909 (Decayed)

XW-2B, 40911 (Decayed)

ZDPS 2A, 40901 (Decayed)

XW-2A, 40903 (Decayed)

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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.
4 mins	2026-05-20 02:00:00.407Z	133.065° SE	2026-05-20 02:02:00.407Z	78.744° E	29.235°	2026-05-20 02:04:00.407Z	16.645° NNE
4 mins	2026-05-20 14:50:00.407Z	56.045° ENE	2026-05-20 14:51:00.407Z	90.225° ESE	28.246°	2026-05-20 14:54:00.407Z	163.861° S

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LILACSAT 2, 40908

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 4 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-19T11:54:59.266Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 UTC)

LILACSAT 2 Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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