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CHEOPS, 44874

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHEOPS, 44874 is a payload satellite owned by ESA (ESA) 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

44874, 2019-092B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

19 hours ago

Origin

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

Airbus Barajas

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

SEOSAT, AOCS

Mass

273 kg wet, 273 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-12-18 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-A

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 1 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

2.624 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 19 hours ago

0 CHEOPS
1 44874U 19092B   25128.53541358  .00000554  00000-0  12111-3 0  9993
2 44874  98.1532 317.5007 0009354 289.6889  70.3302 14.61539170286784

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:50:59.733Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-101.85269°

Altitude

688.977 km

Speed

7.513 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 10m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-76.47927°

Longitude

-64.71545°

Altitude

709.165 km

Speed

7.504 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 17m 13s

Apparent Declination

-62° 36' 34"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:21:29

Azimuth

162.233° S

Elevation

-65.34°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

691.893 km

Perigee altitude

678.678 km

Semi-major axis

7,063.422 km

Eccentricity

0.0009354

Inclination

98.1532°

RAAN

317.5007°

Arg. of periapsis

289.6889°

True anomaly

70.43117°

Mean anomaly

70.3302°

Eccentric anomaly

70.38068°

Mean motion

3.65612 °/min

BSTAR

0.00012111

Orbital period

98.47 mins

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

CSG-1, 44873

ASAP-S, 44875 (Decayed)

ANGELS, 44876

EYESAT-NANO, 44877 (Decayed)

OPS-SAT, 44878 (Decayed)

CHEOPS 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.
7 mins	2025-05-09 11:59:21.749Z	133.908° SE	2025-05-09 12:02:21.749Z	82.649° E	32.257°	2025-05-09 12:06:21.749Z	6.237° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-09 13:38:21.749Z	235.583° WSW	2025-05-09 13:40:21.749Z	267.54° W	18.616°	2025-05-09 13:43:21.749Z	310.146° NW
8 mins	2025-05-10 01:34:21.749Z	8.885° NNE	2025-05-10 01:38:21.749Z	238.515° WSW	43.645°	2025-05-10 01:42:21.749Z	199.477° SSW

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