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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

8 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 (6 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 8 hours ago

0 UWE-4
1 43880U 18111E   25128.92275680  .00017024  00000-0  68378-3 0  9991
2 43880  97.5923  41.3359 0010886 331.8336  28.2311 15.24971600348800

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:08Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:08:46.187Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-157.84284°

Altitude

487.375 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 45m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-26.48165°

Longitude

-153.72871°

Altitude

493.374 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 35m 45s

Apparent Declination

-32° 59' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:02:59

Azimuth

313.913° NW

Elevation

-80.452°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

495.312 km

Perigee altitude

480.364 km

Semi-major axis

6,865.975 km

Eccentricity

0.0010886

Inclination

97.5923°

RAAN

41.3359°

Arg. of periapsis

331.8336°

True anomaly

28.29018°

Mean anomaly

28.2311°

Eccentric anomaly

28.26063°

Mean motion

3.81496 °/min

BSTAR

0.00068378

Orbital period

94.37 mins

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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	2025-05-09 06:35:14.546Z	31.927° NE	2025-05-09 06:38:14.546Z	106.043° ESE	32.256°	2025-05-09 06:41:14.546Z	167.774° S
5 mins	2025-05-09 18:45:14.546Z	211.775° SW	2025-05-09 18:47:14.546Z	259.499° W	25.917°	2025-05-09 18:50:14.546Z	322.74° NNW

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