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MAKERSAT 0, 43016

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MAKERSAT 0, 43016 is a payload satellite owned by NW Nazarene (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 18 Nov 2017 UTC via a DELTA 7920-10C launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

43016, 2017-073D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Northwest Nazarene University (US)

Manufacturer

NW Nazarene

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-11-18 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 7920-10C

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 MAKERSAT 0
1 43016U 17073D   25129.10489923  .00013453  00000-0  55417-3 0  9998
2 43016  97.5243   7.6097 0147458 248.9427 109.5982 15.14743665404969

Epoch: 2025-05-09T02:31Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T02:31:03.293Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

102.68017°

Altitude

560.293 km

Speed

7.562 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 30m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

56.96182°

Longitude

91.29851°

Altitude

631.364 km

Speed

7.493 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 55m 18s

Apparent Declination

15° 08' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:16:21

Azimuth

38.279° NE

Elevation

-25.901°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

620.434 km

Perigee altitude

417.034 km

Semi-major axis

6,896.871 km

Eccentricity

0.0147458

Inclination

97.5243°

RAAN

7.6097°

Arg. of periapsis

248.9427°

True anomaly

111.18007°

Mean anomaly

109.5982°

Eccentric anomaly

110.39013°

Mean motion

3.78935 °/min

BSTAR

0.00055417

Orbital period

95 mins

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Other satellites on launch #73 in the year 2017 (2017-11-18 UTC)

NOAA 20, 43013

BUCCANEER RMM, 43014 (Decayed)

MIRATA, 43015

AO-91, 43017

EAGLESAT 1, 43018

MAKERSAT 0 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.
7 mins	2025-05-09 15:20:05.418Z	134.608° SE	2025-05-09 15:23:05.418Z	81.065° E	30.643°	2025-05-09 15:27:05.418Z	6.364° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-09 16:56:05.418Z	240.839° WSW	2025-05-09 16:58:05.418Z	276.092° WNW	17.346°	2025-05-09 17:00:05.418Z	306.223° NW
6 mins	2025-05-10 04:28:05.418Z	25.721° NE	2025-05-10 04:31:05.418Z	109.978° ESE	39.019°	2025-05-10 04:34:05.418Z	175.909° S

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