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MICROSCOPE, 41457

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MICROSCOPE, 41457 is a payload satellite owned by CNES (FR) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 UTC via a SOYUZ-ST-A launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

41457, 2016-025B

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

ONERA/CNES

Mission

Non-operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

MYRIADE, Unknown motor

Mass

303 kg wet, 303 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-04-25 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-A

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan + 2 Rod, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

4.027 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 MICROSCOPE
1 41457U 16025B   26126.29245994  .00000837  00000-0  18620-3 0  9994
2 41457  98.2460 139.2077 0001252  73.7497 286.3840 14.59519552532612

Epoch: 2026-05-06T07:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T07:01:08.538Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

169.76709°

Altitude

697.459 km

Speed

7.507 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 16m 49s

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

03:02:58

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

692.695 km

Perigee altitude

690.925 km

Semi-major axis

7,069.947 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

98.246°

RAAN

139.2077°

Arg. of periapsis

73.7497°

True anomaly

286.37024°

Mean anomaly

286.384°

Eccentric anomaly

286.37712°

Mean motion

3.65106 °/min

Orbital period

98.6 mins

BSTAR

0.0001862

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Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 2016 (2016-04-25 UTC)

SENTINEL 1B, 41456

AAUSAT 4, 41460 (Decayed)

OUFTI-1, 41458 (Decayed)

ASAP-S, 41461 (Decayed)

E-STAR-2, 41459 (Decayed)

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MICROSCOPE 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	2026-05-06 23:37:50.382Z	103.024° ESE	2026-05-06 23:40:50.382Z	61.745° ENE	16.572°	2026-05-06 23:42:50.382Z	33.036° NE
7 mins	2026-05-07 01:14:50.382Z	192.606° SSW	2026-05-07 01:17:50.382Z	259.541° W	37.035°	2026-05-07 01:21:50.382Z	333.388° NNW
7 mins	2026-05-07 13:13:50.382Z	37.99° NE	2026-05-07 13:16:50.382Z	104.166° ESE	33.38°	2026-05-07 13:20:50.382Z	168.191° S
5 mins	2026-05-07 14:51:50.382Z	327.628° NNW	2026-05-07 14:53:50.382Z	296.501° NW	18.926°	2026-05-07 14:56:50.382Z	252.692° W

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MICROSCOPE, 41457

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T07:01:08.538Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 2016 (2016-04-25 UTC)

MICROSCOPE Visibility forecast

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