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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

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

German Orbital Systems GmbH (DE / GER)

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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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 D-STAR ONE SPARROW
1 43881U 18111F   25222.58455827  .00023688  00000-0  73384-3 0  9998
2 43881  97.6061 141.5506 0007368  40.5022 319.6767 15.33421492363289

Epoch: 2025-08-10T14:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-10T14:01:45.834Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-28.19418°

Altitude

464.872 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 26m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

77.89014°

Longitude

-169.7362°

Altitude

476.2 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 00m 49s

Apparent Declination

23° 09' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:27:09

Azimuth

351.359° N

Elevation

-26.431°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

467.61 km

Perigee altitude

457.53 km

Semi-major axis

6,840.707 km

Eccentricity

0.00074

Inclination

97.6061°

RAAN

141.5506°

Arg. of periapsis

40.5022°

True anomaly

319.62203°

Mean anomaly

319.6767°

Eccentric anomaly

319.64937°

Mean motion

3.83612 °/min

Orbital period

93.84 mins

BSTAR

0.00073384

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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

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 07:48:34.753Z	0.194° NNE	2025-08-11 07:51:34.753Z	285.904° WNW	37.904°	2025-08-11 07:54:34.753Z	210.506° SW
4 mins	2025-08-11 18:22:34.753Z	127.246° SE	2025-08-11 18:23:34.753Z	91.668° ESE	34.36°	2025-08-11 18:26:34.753Z	4.256° NNE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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