KL-ALPHA A, 44785
Orbit data source: Space-Track
KL-ALPHA A, 44785 is a German payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Sun, 17 Nov 2019 UTC via a KUAIZHOU-1A launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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
Orbit
Country
DE / GERRelated business
Manufacturer
IMI/CAS
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
KLA, Unknown motor
Mass
70 kg wet, ~65 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan, Unknown HBR
Radar Cross Section
0.900 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago
TLE from 22 hours ago
0 KL-ALPHA A
1 44785U 19077A 26172.54750691 .00000052 00000-0 56717-4 0 9994
2 44785 88.9243 222.0884 0013369 95.4711 264.7968 13.56043518326323Epoch: 2026-06-21T13:08Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T13:08:24.597Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
115.2397°
Altitude
1,053.98 km
Speed
7.324 km/s
True Right ascension
14h 48m 21s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:43:00
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,057.077 km
Perigee altitude
1,037.223 km
Semi-major axis
7,425.287 km
Eccentricity
0.00134
Inclination
88.9243°
RAAN
222.0884°
Arg. of periapsis
95.4711°
True anomaly
264.64426°
Mean anomaly
264.7968°
Eccentric anomaly
264.72053°
Mean motion
3.39214 °/min
Orbital period
106.13 mins
BSTAR
0.000056717
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Other satellites on launch #77 in the year 2019 (2019-11-17 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.KL-ALPHA A 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. |
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| 10 mins | 2026-06-22 14:31:57.774Z | 25.511° NE | 2026-06-22 14:36:57.774Z | 80.933° E | 25.792° | 2026-06-22 14:41:57.774Z | 136.732° SSE |
| 10 mins | 2026-06-22 16:18:57.774Z | 339.647° N | 2026-06-22 16:22:57.774Z | 285.431° WNW | 34.198° | 2026-06-22 16:28:57.774Z | 210.97° SW |
| 8 mins | 2026-06-23 02:28:57.774Z | 113.034° SE | 2026-06-23 02:31:57.774Z | 77.602° E | 22.193° | 2026-06-23 02:36:57.774Z | 26.081° NE |
| 11 mins | 2026-06-23 04:12:57.774Z | 202.328° SSW | 2026-06-23 04:17:57.774Z | 279.24° WNW | 38.23° | 2026-06-23 04:23:57.774Z | 348.97° N |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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