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MOHAMMED VI-B, 43717

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MOHAMMED VI-B, 43717 is a payload satellite owned by RMAF (MA) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 21 Nov 2018 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

43717, 2018-095A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (MA)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

ASTROSAT-1000, Unknown motor

Mass

1,108 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-11-21 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 3 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

12.145 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 MOHAMMED VI-B
1 43717U 18095A   26048.88351170  .00000485  00000-0  75882-4 0  9999
2 43717  97.9465 122.9283 0001292  81.9617 278.1740 14.77089654390571

Epoch: 2026-02-17T21:12Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-17T21:12:15.410Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

17.00698°

Altitude

641.413 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 11m 42s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

08:37:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

636.479 km

Perigee altitude

634.666 km

Semi-major axis

7,013.71 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

97.9465°

RAAN

122.9283°

Arg. of periapsis

81.9617°

True anomaly

278.15934°

Mean anomaly

278.174°

Eccentric anomaly

278.16667°

Mean motion

3.69506 °/min

Orbital period

97.43 mins

BSTAR

0.000075882

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MOHAMMED VI-B 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.
8 mins	2026-02-18 17:17:01.428Z	27.388° NE	2026-02-18 17:21:01.428Z	104.504° ESE	35.047°	2026-02-18 17:25:01.428Z	171.873° S
6 mins	2026-02-19 04:15:01.428Z	119.405° SE	2026-02-19 04:17:01.428Z	73.602° E	29.791°	2026-02-19 04:21:01.428Z	6.095° NNE

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MOHAMMED VI-B, 43717

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-17T21:12:15.410Z)

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