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D-STAR ONE SPARROW, 43881

Orbit data source: Space-Track

D-STAR ONE SPARROW, 43881 is a payload satellite owned by German Orb Sys (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

43881, 2018-111F

Orbit

SSO

Country

DE / GER

Related business

German Orbital Systems GmbH (DE)

Manufacturer

German Orb Sys

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

3 kg wet, 3 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 + 1 Ant, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.061 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 16 hours ago

TLE from 16 hours ago

0 D-STAR ONE SPARROW
1 43881U 18111F   25241.24262921  .00033687  00000-0  10137-2 0  9999
2 43881  97.6038 160.7588 0004227 334.2973  25.8059 15.34290169366149

Epoch: 2025-08-29T05:49Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-29T05:49:23.163Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

95.7182°

Altitude

463.53 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 43m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:06:44

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

462.876 km

Perigee altitude

457.095 km

Semi-major axis

6,838.122 km

Eccentricity

0.00042

Inclination

97.6038°

RAAN

160.7588°

Arg. of periapsis

334.2973°

True anomaly

25.827°

Mean anomaly

25.8059°

Eccentric anomaly

25.81645°

Mean motion

3.83829 °/min

Orbital period

93.79 mins

BSTAR

0.0010137

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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

UWE-4, 43880

D-STAR ONE SPARROW Visibility forecast

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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.
6 mins	2025-08-30 07:25:51.164Z	21.109° NNE	2025-08-30 07:28:51.164Z	137.139° SSE	40.524°	2025-08-30 07:31:51.164Z	183.448° SSW
4 mins	2025-08-30 19:31:51.164Z	230.113° WSW	2025-08-30 19:33:51.164Z	276.211° WNW	18.579°	2025-08-30 19:35:51.164Z	312.559° NW