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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

Country

ESA

Related business

European Space Agency (FR)

Manufacturer

Airbus Barajas

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

SEOSAT, AOCS

Mass

273 kg wet, 273 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-12-18 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-ST-A

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 1 Pan, 1.2 m

Radar Cross Section

2.624 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 CHEOPS
1 44874U 19092B   26171.43834751  .00000222  00000-0  53555-4 0  9993
2 44874  98.1506 359.6610 0011878  89.6966 270.5597 14.61967046346379

Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:31:13.224Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-66.79707°

Altitude

689.747 km

Speed

7.511 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 58m 38s

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

21:36:53

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

692.294 km

Perigee altitude

675.518 km

Semi-major axis

7,062.043 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

98.1506°

RAAN

359.661°

Arg. of periapsis

89.6966°

True anomaly

270.42359°

Mean anomaly

270.5597°

Eccentric anomaly

270.49165°

Mean motion

3.65719 °/min

Orbital period

98.44 mins

BSTAR

0.000053555

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

EYESAT-NANO, 44877 (Decayed)

ANGELS, 44876 (Decayed)

OPS-SAT, 44878 (Decayed)

CSG-1, 44873

ASAP-S, 44875 (Decayed)

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CHEOPS 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.
7 mins	2026-06-22 11:55:50.987Z	132.889° SE	2026-06-22 11:59:50.987Z	59.307° ENE	30.171°	2026-06-22 12:02:50.987Z	9.711° NNE
5 mins	2026-06-22 13:34:50.987Z	230.716° WSW	2026-06-22 13:36:50.987Z	263.273° W	19.817°	2026-06-22 13:39:50.987Z	309.372° NW
8 mins	2026-06-23 01:30:50.987Z	11.36° NNE	2026-06-23 01:34:50.987Z	210.8° SW	43.834°	2026-06-23 01:38:50.987Z	196.172° SSW

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CHEOPS, 44874

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:31:13.224Z)

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Orbital elements

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

CHEOPS Visibility forecast

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