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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

Country

Related business

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 (6 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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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 ATHENA
1 46275U 20061D   26120.17199144  .00015477  00000-0  30069-3 0  9995
2 46275  97.1945 184.7124 0001830 125.3935 234.7487 15.47710081314724

Epoch: 2026-04-30T04:07Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-30T04:07:40.060Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-95.32693°

Altitude

427.279 km

Speed

7.655 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 18m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

23:58:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

421.591 km

Perigee altitude

419.102 km

Semi-major axis

6,798.484 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.1945°

RAAN

184.7124°

Arg. of periapsis

125.3935°

True anomaly

234.73158°

Mean anomaly

234.7487°

Eccentric anomaly

234.74014°

Mean motion

3.87191 °/min

Orbital period

92.98 mins

BSTAR

0.00030069

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

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SPACEBEE-17, 46306 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4V 19, 46609 (Decayed)

NEMO-HD, 46277

FLOCK 4V 4, 46314 (Decayed)

3CAT-5/A (TYVAK-0161), 46292

3CAT-5/B (TYVAK-0162), 46293

GHGSAT-C1, 46278

FLOCK 4V 23, 46737 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4V 22, 46735 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 ETHANOAKES, 46298 (Decayed)

TRISAT, 46280 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4V 5, 46290 (Decayed)

SIMBA, 46279 (Decayed)

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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.
6 mins	2026-04-30 17:05:30.921Z	13.425° NNE	2026-04-30 17:08:30.921Z	67.853° E	44.652°	2026-04-30 17:11:30.921Z	189.914° SSW

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ATHENA, 46275

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-30T04:07:40.060Z)

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