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ATHENA, 46275

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ATHENA, 46275 is a payload satellite owned by PointView Tech (US) in SSO 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

46275, 2020-061D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

PointView Tech LLC (US)

Manufacturer

MAXSS/SFLIN

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SSL-100, Unknown motor

Mass

138 kg wet, 138 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, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.625 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ATHENA
1 46275U 20061D   25213.17056822  .00010892  00000-0  28338-3 0  9994
2 46275  97.2398 275.0504 0002536 101.7498 258.4033 15.39076074272775

Epoch: 2025-08-01T04:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-01T04:05:37.094Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

-96.37909°

Altitude

452.31 km

Speed

7.641 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 20m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

57.29915°

Longitude

96.14734°

Altitude

456.859 km

Speed

7.645 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 03m 09s

Apparent Declination

11° 56' 34"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:26:51

Azimuth

25.125° NE

Elevation

-34.618°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

447.504 km

Perigee altitude

444.043 km

Semi-major axis

6,823.911 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

97.2398°

RAAN

275.0504°

Arg. of periapsis

101.7498°

True anomaly

258.37483°

Mean anomaly

258.4033°

Eccentric anomaly

258.38907°

Mean motion

3.85029 °/min

Orbital period

93.5 mins

BSTAR

0.00028338

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 2020 (2020-09-03 UTC)

NUSAT-6 HYPATIA, 46272 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4V 10, 46296 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4V 13, 46297 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 ETHANOAKES, 46298 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 OSCARLATOR, 46299 (Decayed)

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)

ATHENA 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.
5 mins	2025-08-02 16:32:32.206Z	33.016° NE	2025-08-02 16:35:32.206Z	99.898° ESE	27.859°	2025-08-02 16:37:32.206Z	152.961° SSE
4 mins	2025-08-03 04:36:32.206Z	204.41° SW	2025-08-03 04:38:32.206Z	280.67° WNW	32.283°	2025-08-03 04:40:32.206Z	327.463° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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