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MICRODRAGON, 43935 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MICRODRAGON, 43935 was a payload satellite owned by VNSC (JP) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 18 Jan 2019 UTC via an EPSILON launch vehicle from the Kagoshima Space Center University Of Tokyo (KSCUT). 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

43935, 2019-003D

Orbit

Decayed

Country

JP / JPN

Related business

National Satellite Center, Vietnam Academy of Science and Te (VN)

Manufacturer

VNSC

Mission

Decayed Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

MICRODRAGON, Unknown motor

Mass

50 kg wet, 50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-01-18 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

EPSILON

Launch site

Kagoshima Space Center University Of Tokyo (KSCUT)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.514 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 year ago

TLE from 1 year ago

0 MICRODRAGON
1 43935U 19003D   24275.26385918  .16170828  23408-5  14762-3 0  9997
2 43935  97.0439 293.7887 0009366 285.9496  74.0778 16.51424394318676

Epoch: 2024-10-01T06:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-10-01T06:19:57.433Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-171.68068°

Altitude

137.196 km

Speed

7.825 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 35m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

23:20:48

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

138.462 km

Perigee altitude

126.267 km

Semi-major axis

6,510.501 km

Eccentricity

0.00094

Inclination

97.0439°

RAAN

293.7887°

Arg. of periapsis

285.9496°

True anomaly

74.18104°

Mean anomaly

74.0778°

Eccentric anomaly

74.12942°

Mean motion

4.13163 °/min

Orbital period

87.13 mins

BSTAR

0.00014762

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Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2019 (2019-01-18 UTC)

RAPIS-1, 43932 (Decayed)

ORIGAMISAT-1, 43933 (Decayed)

RISESAT, 43934 (Decayed)

EPSILON R/B, 43936 (Decayed)

NEXUS, 43937 (Decayed)

ALE-1, 43938 (Decayed)

EPSILON DEB, 43939 (Decayed)

AOBA VELOX-IV, 43940 (Decayed)

ALE-DOM, 53314 (Decayed)

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MICRODRAGON 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.
4 mins	2025-09-18 06:40:32.378Z	261.075° W	2025-09-18 06:42:32.378Z	298.938° NW	28.75°	2025-09-18 06:44:32.378Z	339.199° N
4 mins	2025-09-18 06:51:32.378Z	262.154° W	2025-09-18 06:53:32.378Z	298.383° NW	27.299°	2025-09-18 06:55:32.378Z	338.074° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 01:48:32.378Z	108.944° ESE	2025-09-19 01:51:32.378Z	42.918° NE	36.532°	2025-09-19 01:53:32.378Z	351.406° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 01:59:32.378Z	111.856° ESE	2025-09-19 02:01:32.378Z	72.556° E	37.601°	2025-09-19 02:04:32.378Z	351.801° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 02:10:32.378Z	114.933° SE	2025-09-19 02:12:32.378Z	73.833° E	38.618°	2025-09-19 02:15:32.378Z	352.131° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 02:21:32.378Z	118.193° SE	2025-09-19 02:23:32.378Z	75.16° E	39.569°	2025-09-19 02:26:32.378Z	352.394° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 02:32:32.378Z	121.651° SE	2025-09-19 02:34:32.378Z	76.554° E	40.452°	2025-09-19 02:37:32.378Z	352.589° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 02:43:32.378Z	125.324° SE	2025-09-19 02:45:32.378Z	78.041° E	41.263°	2025-09-19 02:48:32.378Z	352.716° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 02:54:32.378Z	129.227° SE	2025-09-19 02:56:32.378Z	79.655° E	41.999°	2025-09-19 02:59:32.378Z	352.775° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 03:05:32.378Z	133.37° SE	2025-09-19 03:07:32.378Z	81.454° E	42.659°	2025-09-19 03:10:32.378Z	352.764° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 03:16:32.378Z	137.758° SSE	2025-09-19 03:18:32.378Z	83.527° E	43.239°	2025-09-19 03:21:32.378Z	352.685° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 03:27:32.378Z	142.39° SSE	2025-09-19 03:29:32.378Z	86.028° E	43.739°	2025-09-19 03:32:32.378Z	352.536° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 03:38:32.378Z	147.256° SSE	2025-09-19 03:40:32.378Z	89.252° E	44.155°	2025-09-19 03:43:32.378Z	352.32° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 03:49:32.378Z	152.331° SSE	2025-09-19 03:51:32.378Z	93.819° ESE	44.487°	2025-09-19 03:54:32.378Z	352.036° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:00:32.378Z	157.583° S	2025-09-19 04:02:32.378Z	101.282° ESE	44.732°	2025-09-19 04:05:32.378Z	351.686° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:11:32.378Z	162.964° S	2025-09-19 04:13:32.378Z	116.504° SE	44.889°	2025-09-19 04:16:32.378Z	351.271° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:22:32.378Z	168.417° S	2025-09-19 04:24:32.378Z	155.554° SSE	44.957°	2025-09-19 04:27:32.378Z	350.795° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:33:32.378Z	173.88° S	2025-09-19 04:35:32.378Z	209.591° SW	44.933°	2025-09-19 04:38:32.378Z	350.26° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:44:32.378Z	179.289° S	2025-09-19 04:46:32.378Z	233.585° WSW	44.818°	2025-09-19 04:49:32.378Z	349.668° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 04:55:32.378Z	184.585° SSW	2025-09-19 04:57:32.378Z	243.836° WSW	44.609°	2025-09-19 05:00:32.378Z	349.025° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 05:06:32.378Z	189.715° SSW	2025-09-19 05:08:32.378Z	249.512° W	44.307°	2025-09-19 05:11:32.378Z	348.334° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 05:17:32.378Z	194.638° SSW	2025-09-19 05:19:32.378Z	253.261° W	43.91°	2025-09-19 05:22:32.378Z	347.601° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 05:28:32.378Z	199.327° SSW	2025-09-19 05:30:32.378Z	256.038° W	43.417°	2025-09-19 05:33:32.378Z	346.83° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 05:39:32.378Z	203.766° SW	2025-09-19 05:41:32.378Z	258.259° W	42.827°	2025-09-19 05:44:32.378Z	346.029° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 05:50:32.378Z	207.948° SW	2025-09-19 05:52:32.378Z	260.136° W	42.141°	2025-09-19 05:55:32.378Z	345.202° N
5 mins	2025-09-19 06:01:32.378Z	211.875° SW	2025-09-19 06:03:32.378Z	261.784° W	41.358°	2025-09-19 06:06:32.378Z	344.356° N
4 mins	2025-09-19 06:13:32.378Z	234.143° WSW	2025-09-19 06:14:32.378Z	263.273° W	40.478°	2025-09-19 06:17:32.378Z	343.498° N
4 mins	2025-09-19 06:24:32.378Z	237.504° WSW	2025-09-19 06:25:32.378Z	264.649° W	39.502°	2025-09-19 06:28:32.378Z	342.635° N

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MICRODRAGON, 43935 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 year ago

TLE from 1 year ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-10-01T06:19:57.433Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2019 (2019-01-18 UTC)

MICRODRAGON Visibility forecast

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Last TLE update: 1 year ago