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SKYSAT C4, 41771

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SKYSAT C4, 41771 is a payload satellite owned by Terra Bella (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 16 Sep 2016 UTC via a VEGA 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

41771, 2016-058B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

22 hours ago

Origin

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

SKYSAT-GEN2, Unknown motor

Mass

110 kg wet, 110 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-09-16 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.888 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 22 hours ago

0 SKYSAT C4
1 41771U 16058B   25199.05958196  .00008944  00000-0  24582-3 0  9998
2 41771  96.9545 231.7914 0003253  73.1320 287.0282 15.37416969493956

Epoch: 2025-07-18T01:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T01:25:47.881Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-85.77457°

Altitude

456.227 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 27m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

4.14443°

Longitude

-85.41467°

Altitude

455.464 km

Speed

7.64 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 31m 03s

Apparent Declination

-34° 05' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in partial shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:06:36

Azimuth

114.389° SE

Elevation

-25.296°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

452.896 km

Perigee altitude

448.453 km

Semi-major axis

6,828.812 km

Eccentricity

0.00033

Inclination

96.9545°

RAAN

231.7914°

Arg. of periapsis

73.132°

True anomaly

286.99255°

Mean anomaly

287.0282°

Eccentric anomaly

287.01038°

Mean motion

3.84614 °/min

Orbital period

93.6 mins

BSTAR

0.00024582

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SKYSAT C4 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-07-19 02:33:01.261Z	186.554° SSW	2025-07-19 02:36:01.261Z	283.537° WNW	36.707°	2025-07-19 02:38:01.261Z	332.512° NNW
5 mins	2025-07-19 15:29:01.261Z	346.815° N	2025-07-19 15:31:01.261Z	294.599° NW	31.214°	2025-07-19 15:34:01.261Z	219.22° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions

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