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UWE-4, 43880

Orbit data source: Space-Track

UWE-4, 43880 is a payload satellite owned by U Wurzburg (DE) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 27 Dec 2018 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO). 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

43880, 2018-111E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (DE / GER)

Manufacturer

U Wurzburg

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-27 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1A

Launch site

Vostochny Cosmodrome (VOSTO)

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 UWE-4
1 43880U 18111E   25222.54587736  .00016581  00000-0  61711-3 0  9993
2 43880  97.5851 136.4065 0011112   5.0706 355.0643 15.27512274363081

Epoch: 2025-08-10T13:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-10T13:06:03.803Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-19.37502°

Altitude

478.749 km

Speed

7.63 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 05m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

46.46963°

Longitude

168.92933°

Altitude

495.234 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 57m 41s

Apparent Declination

5° 17' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:15:55

Azimuth

6.382° NNE

Elevation

-44.6°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

487.836 km

Perigee altitude

472.594 km

Semi-major axis

6,858.352 km

Eccentricity

0.00111

Inclination

97.5851°

RAAN

136.4065°

Arg. of periapsis

5.0706°

True anomaly

355.05333°

Mean anomaly

355.0643°

Eccentric anomaly

355.05882°

Mean motion

3.82132 °/min

Orbital period

94.21 mins

BSTAR

0.00061711

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Other satellites on launch #111 in the year 2018 (2018-12-27 UTC)

KANOPUS-V 5, 43876

OBJECT AA, 43900

FLOCK 3K 8, 43901 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 7, 43902 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 12, 43903 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 11, 43904 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 10, 43905 (Decayed)

FLOCK 3K 9, 43906 (Decayed)

ZACUBE-2, 43907 (Decayed)

LUME-1, 43908 (Decayed)

KANOPUS-V 6, 43877

OBJECT C, 43878 (Decayed)

ISAT, 43879

D-STAR ONE SPARROW, 43881

UWE-4 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.
6 mins	2025-08-11 06:57:12.124Z	22.233° NNE	2025-08-11 07:00:12.124Z	86.169° E	39.392°	2025-08-11 07:03:12.124Z	177.015° S
4 mins	2025-08-11 19:07:12.124Z	233.992° WSW	2025-08-11 19:08:12.124Z	256.973° W	19.972°	2025-08-11 19:11:12.124Z	315.832° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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