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CSIM, 43793

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CSIM, 43793 is a payload satellite owned by CU-LASP (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

43793, 2018-099AM

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

University of Colorado, Boulder (US)

Manufacturer

Blue Canyon

Mission

Operational Amateur Astronomy

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.143 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 CSIM
1 43793U 18099AM  25123.76513044  .00177536  00000-0  19606-2 0  9999
2 43793  97.4846 199.1875 0007338 232.4969 127.5622 15.62448584351878

Epoch: 2025-05-03T18:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T18:21:47.269Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

61.83786°

Altitude

386.758 km

Speed

7.676 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 16m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-51.41783°

Longitude

71.79536°

Altitude

399.018 km

Speed

7.67 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 03m 38s

Apparent Declination

-85° 20' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:15:21

Azimuth

182.947° SSW

Elevation

-44.029°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

382.457 km

Perigee altitude

372.542 km

Semi-major axis

6,755.637 km

Eccentricity

0.0007338

Inclination

97.4846°

RAAN

199.1875°

Arg. of periapsis

232.4969°

True anomaly

127.62882°

Mean anomaly

127.5622°

Eccentric anomaly

127.59551°

Mean motion

3.9088 °/min

BSTAR

0.0019606

Orbital period

92.1 mins

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

ORBWEAVER 2, 43785 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-1, 43791 (Decayed)

ESEO, 43792

HAWK-B, 43794

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

CSIM 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.
5 mins	2025-05-04 17:58:14.379Z	6.829° NNE	2025-05-04 18:00:14.379Z	343.857° N	39.605°	2025-05-04 18:03:14.379Z	199.844° SSW

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