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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

22 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 (6 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 22 hours ago

0 CHEOPS
1 44874U 19092B   25198.50190689  .00000243  00000-0  58268-4 0  9993
2 44874  98.1525  26.4611 0011886  70.6568 289.5917 14.61594646297000

Epoch: 2025-07-17T12:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-17T12:02:44.755Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-89.79218°

Altitude

688.21 km

Speed

7.514 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 45m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

1.81065°

Longitude

91.37641°

Altitude

693.705 km

Speed

7.508 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 40m 48s

Apparent Declination

-19° 01' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:58:23

Azimuth

306.018° NW

Elevation

-59.662°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

693.502 km

Perigee altitude

676.711 km

Semi-major axis

7,063.244 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

98.1525°

RAAN

26.4611°

Arg. of periapsis

70.6568°

True anomaly

289.46332°

Mean anomaly

289.5917°

Eccentric anomaly

289.52752°

Mean motion

3.65626 °/min

Orbital period

98.46 mins

BSTAR

0.000058268

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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	2025-07-18 12:48:57.470Z	181.776° SSW	2025-07-18 12:51:57.470Z	235.819° WSW	40.683°	2025-07-18 12:55:57.470Z	337.334° NNW
7 mins	2025-07-19 00:46:57.470Z	40.96° NE	2025-07-19 00:49:57.470Z	94.726° ESE	28.276°	2025-07-19 00:53:57.470Z	159.449° S
6 mins	2025-07-19 02:24:57.470Z	333.145° NNW	2025-07-19 02:26:57.470Z	300.201° NW	22.163°	2025-07-19 02:30:57.470Z	239.96° WSW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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