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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

16 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 16 hours ago

0 UWE-4
1 43880U 18111E   25181.71820896  .00010395  00000-0  40141-3 0  9994
2 43880  97.5884  94.9155 0013414 130.3607 229.8804 15.26378779356857

Epoch: 2025-06-30T17:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T17:14:13.254Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-82.66371°

Altitude

495.684 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 19m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

42.08126°

Longitude

-88.86105°

Altitude

492.119 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 19m 20s

Apparent Declination

3° 08' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:47:34

Azimuth

30.528° NE

Elevation

-42.42°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

492.818 km

Perigee altitude

474.409 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.751 km

Eccentricity

0.00134

Inclination

97.5884°

RAAN

94.9155°

Arg. of periapsis

130.3607°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

229.8804°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.81848 °/min

Orbital period

94.28 mins

BSTAR

0.00040141

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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	2025-07-01 18:32:20.211Z	186.065° SSW	2025-07-01 18:35:20.211Z	281.152° WNW	37.43°	2025-07-01 18:38:20.211Z	336.939° NNW
4 mins	2025-07-02 07:34:20.211Z	340.015° N	2025-07-02 07:36:20.211Z	273.794° WNW	30.889°	2025-07-02 07:38:20.211Z	226.042° WSW

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