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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: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 CHEOPS
1 44874U 19092B   26263.49078910  .00000173  00000-0  43764-4 0  9994
2 44874  98.1510  90.4440 0010972 154.8568 205.3169 14.62016573359828

Epoch: 2026-09-20T11:46Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-20T11:46:44.178Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-85.62428°

Altitude

696.67 km

Speed

7.504 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 01m 46s

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

15:00:38

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

691.495 km

Perigee altitude

675.998 km

Semi-major axis

7,061.883 km

Eccentricity

0.0011

Inclination

98.151°

RAAN

90.444°

Arg. of periapsis

154.8568°

True anomaly

205.2632°

Mean anomaly

205.3169°

Eccentric anomaly

205.29004°

Mean motion

3.65731 °/min

Orbital period

98.43 mins

BSTAR

0.000043764

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

EYESAT-NANO, 44877 (Decayed)

ANGELS, 44876 (Decayed)

ASAP-S, 44875 (Decayed)

OPS-SAT, 44878 (Decayed)

CSG-1, 44873

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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.
9 mins	2026-09-21 01:28:53.802Z	12.161° NNE	2026-09-21 01:32:53.802Z	5.532° NNE	73.264°	2026-09-21 01:37:53.802Z	195.179° SSW
7 mins	2026-09-21 12:32:53.802Z	164.609° S	2026-09-21 12:35:53.802Z	145.16° SSE	83.238°	2026-09-21 12:39:53.802Z	347.861° N

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CHEOPS, 44874

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-20T11:46:44.178Z)

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Orbital elements

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

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