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CSG-1, 44873

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CSG-1, 44873 is an Italian payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 UTC via a SOYUZ-ST-A launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

44873, 2019-092A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

Ministry of Defense, Defense Administration (IT)

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia

Mission

Operational Defense Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

PRIMA, AOCS

Mass

2,205 kg wet, ~1,800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-12-18 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-A

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

8.940 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 CSG-1
1 44873U 19092A   25340.24135025  .00001276  00000-0  16677-3 0  9999
2 44873  97.8813 161.6633 0001458  86.5604 273.5776 14.82150489322890

Epoch: 2025-12-06T05:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T05:47:32.661Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-0.4947°

Altitude

625.506 km

Speed

7.546 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 46m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

15:38:04

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

620.602 km

Perigee altitude

618.561 km

Semi-major axis

6,997.718 km

Eccentricity

0.00015

Inclination

97.8813°

RAAN

161.6633°

Arg. of periapsis

86.5604°

True anomaly

273.56092°

Mean anomaly

273.5776°

Eccentric anomaly

273.56926°

Mean motion

3.70773 °/min

Orbital period

97.09 mins

BSTAR

0.00016677

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Other satellites on launch #92 in the year 2019 (2019-12-18 UTC)

ANGELS, 44876

ASAP-S, 44875 (Decayed)

CHEOPS, 44874

EYESAT-NANO, 44877 (Decayed)

OPS-SAT, 44878 (Decayed)

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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.
5 mins	2025-12-07 00:12:31.767Z	53.115° ENE	2025-12-07 00:14:31.767Z	84.407° E	18.847°	2025-12-07 00:17:31.767Z	135.168° SSE
6 mins	2025-12-07 01:48:31.767Z	343.96° N	2025-12-07 01:51:31.767Z	280.626° WNW	28.228°	2025-12-07 01:54:31.767Z	229.656° WSW
6 mins	2025-12-07 12:42:31.767Z	195.972° SSW	2025-12-07 12:45:31.767Z	273.133° WNW	34.931°	2025-12-07 12:48:31.767Z	329.975° NNW

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CSG-1, 44873

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T05:47:32.661Z)

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