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THEA, 43796

Orbit data source: Space-Track

THEA, 43796 is an American payload satellite 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

43796, 2018-099AQ

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Maxar Technologies Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

SpaceQuest

Mission

Operational Commercial Sigint

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5 kg wet, 5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (7 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

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 THEA
1 43796U 18099AQ  25340.11993163  .00026566  00000-0  98820-3 0  9998
2 43796  97.4725  43.7111 0007475 246.9499 113.0952 15.27459465383146

Epoch: 2025-12-06T02:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T02:52:42.092Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-74.61651°

Altitude

488.524 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 54m 50s

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

14:37:58

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.496 km

Perigee altitude

475.242 km

Semi-major axis

6,858.506 km

Eccentricity

0.00075

Inclination

97.4725°

RAAN

43.7111°

Arg. of periapsis

246.9499°

True anomaly

113.17396°

Mean anomaly

113.0952°

Eccentric anomaly

113.13458°

Mean motion

3.82119 °/min

Orbital period

94.21 mins

BSTAR

0.0009882

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

ELYUSIUM/LOWER FREE FLYE, 43760 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-5, 43817 (Decayed)

SIRION PATHFINDER-2, 43759

CSIM, 43793 (Decayed)

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

VESTA-1, 43781

M1, 43779

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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	2025-12-06 17:35:34.979Z	355.75° N	2025-12-06 17:38:34.979Z	256.633° W	35.291°	2025-12-06 17:40:34.979Z	215.294° SW
5 mins	2025-12-07 04:10:34.979Z	144.015° SSE	2025-12-07 04:12:34.979Z	88.209° E	37.734°	2025-12-07 04:15:34.979Z	1.401° NNE

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THEA, 43796

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T02:52:42.092Z)

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Orbital elements

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

THEA Visibility forecast

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