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ESAIL, 46273 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ESAIL, 46273 was a payload satellite owned by exactEarth (CA) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 03 Sep 2020 UTC via a VEGA 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

46273, 2020-061B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

2 months ago

Origin

Spire Global (CA)

Manufacturer

LuxSpace

Mission

Decayed Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

TRITON-2, Unknown motor

Mass

112 kg wet, 112 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-03 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.819 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 2 months ago

0 ESAIL
1 46273U 20061B   25062.37976666  .08475663  24574-5  45755-3 0  9991
2 46273  97.2434 143.5906 0010791 269.6184  90.3880 16.41512123250691

Epoch: 2025-03-03T09:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-03-03T09:06:51.839Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-154.52377°

Altitude

165.097 km

Speed

7.807 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 34m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

165.636 km

Perigee altitude

151.528 km

Semi-major axis

6,536.719 km

Eccentricity

0.0010791

Inclination

97.2434°

RAAN

143.5906°

Arg. of periapsis

269.6184°

True anomaly

90.51165°

Mean anomaly

90.388°

Eccentric anomaly

90.44983°

Mean motion

4.1068 °/min

BSTAR

0.00045755

Orbital period

87.66 mins

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SPACEBEE-21, 46300 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-20, 46301 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-15, 46302 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-19, 46303 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-18, 46304 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-10, 46305 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-17, 46306 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-11, 46307 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-16, 46308 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-12, 46309 (Decayed)

ESAIL Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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