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AO-95, 43770

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AO-95, 43770 is a payload satellite owned by AMSAT-NA (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 03 Dec 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

43770, 2018-099N

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

AMSAT North America (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp) (US)

Manufacturer

AMSAT-NA

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

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, Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 AO-95
1 43770U 18099N   26185.11680476  .00015402  00000-0  58164-3 0  9992
2 43770  97.4372 245.3036 0006932 287.7231  72.3251 15.27076980415801

Epoch: 2026-07-04T02:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-04T02:48:11.931Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-78.88122°

Altitude

486.213 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 21m 12s

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

01:34:48

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

486.269 km

Perigee altitude

476.758 km

Semi-major axis

6,859.65 km

Eccentricity

0.00069

Inclination

97.4372°

RAAN

245.3036°

Arg. of periapsis

287.7231°

True anomaly

72.40081°

Mean anomaly

72.3251°

Eccentric anomaly

72.36295°

Mean motion

3.82024 °/min

Orbital period

94.24 mins

BSTAR

0.00058164

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Other satellites on launch #99 in the year 2018 (2018-12-03 UTC)

ELYUSIUM/LOWER FREE FLYE, 43760 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-6, 43818 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3S 2, 43821 (Decayed)

CSIM, 43793 (Decayed)

SEAHAWK-1, 43820

M1, 43779

SPACEBEE-7, 43816 (Decayed)

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

OBJECT AZ, 43805 (Decayed)

KAZSCISAT-1, 43787 (Decayed)

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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.
4 mins	2026-07-04 15:57:56.260Z	56.322° ENE	2026-07-04 15:59:56.260Z	90.574° ESE	14.728°	2026-07-04 16:01:56.260Z	126.579° SE
4 mins	2026-07-04 17:31:56.260Z	331.522° NNW	2026-07-04 17:33:56.260Z	275.726° WNW	25.544°	2026-07-04 17:35:56.260Z	234.04° WSW
6 mins	2026-07-05 04:05:56.260Z	167.453° S	2026-07-05 04:08:56.260Z	345.99° N	42.223°	2026-07-05 04:11:56.260Z	347.908° N

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AO-95, 43770

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-04T02:48:11.931Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #99 in the year 2018 (2018-12-03 UTC)

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