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SKYSAT C5, 41772

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SKYSAT C5, 41772 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

41772, 2016-058C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 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 7 hours ago

0 SKYSAT C5
1 41772U 16058C   25199.13228016  .00007914  00000-0  22728-3 0  9995
2 41772  97.0982 248.3501 0003773 228.4601 131.6321 15.36089159492508

Epoch: 2025-07-18T03:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T03:10:29.005Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-95.45888°

Altitude

462.522 km

Speed

7.634 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 33m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

38.9604°

Longitude

90.56408°

Altitude

463.11 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 43m 27s

Apparent Declination

1° 37' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:47:46

Azimuth

57.054° ENE

Elevation

-30.906°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

457.197 km

Perigee altitude

452.041 km

Semi-major axis

6,832.756 km

Eccentricity

0.00038

Inclination

97.0982°

RAAN

248.3501°

Arg. of periapsis

228.4601°

True anomaly

131.66441°

Mean anomaly

131.6321°

Eccentric anomaly

131.64825°

Mean motion

3.84281 °/min

Orbital period

93.68 mins

BSTAR

0.00022728

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SKYSAT C5 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.
6 mins	2025-07-18 16:14:22.398Z	8.13° NNE	2025-07-18 16:17:22.398Z	257.514° W	44.219°	2025-07-18 16:20:22.398Z	197.064° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-19 02:47:22.398Z	104.704° ESE	2025-07-19 02:48:22.398Z	76.442° E	24.147°	2025-07-19 02:51:22.398Z	13.82° NNE

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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