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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

13 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, 1.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.888 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 SKYSAT C5
1 41772U 16058C   25128.71484624  .00011405  00000-0  32625-3 0  9997
2 41772  97.1039 180.3988 0008865 148.5648 211.6128 15.36076750481691

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:09Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:09:22.715Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

56.27279°

Altitude

466.008 km

Speed

7.63 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 01m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

6.67079°

Longitude

55.94641°

Altitude

464.823 km

Speed

7.632 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 09m 30s

Apparent Declination

-44° 31' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:50:17

Azimuth

224.072° SW

Elevation

-15.347°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

460.713 km

Perigee altitude

448.599 km

Semi-major axis

6,832.793 km

Eccentricity

0.0008865

Inclination

97.1039°

RAAN

180.3988°

Arg. of periapsis

148.5648°

True anomaly

211.5596°

Mean anomaly

211.6128°

Eccentric anomaly

211.5862°

Mean motion

3.84278 °/min

BSTAR

0.00032625

Orbital period

93.68 mins

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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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 15:36:34.285Z	40.252° NE	2025-05-09 15:39:34.285Z	102.983° ESE	21.796°	2025-05-09 15:41:34.285Z	145.51° SSE
5 mins	2025-05-10 03:41:34.285Z	187.585° SSW	2025-05-10 03:43:34.285Z	270.48° WNW	40.164°	2025-05-10 03:46:34.285Z	339.434° N

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