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SALSAT, 46495

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SALSAT, 46495 is a payload satellite owned by TUB (DE) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 28 Sep 2020 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

46495, 2020-068K

Orbit

SSO

Country

DE / GER

Related business

Technical University of Berlin (DE)

Manufacturer

TUB

Mission

Operational Amateur Sigint

Bus & Motor

TUBIX10, Unknown motor

Mass

12 kg wet, 12 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-28 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.086 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 day ago

TLE from 1 day ago

0 SALSAT
1 46495U 20068K   26142.23979464  .00005860  00000-0  20838-3 0  9996
2 46495  97.8860 143.7343 0010881  42.6805 317.5277 15.29366275311391

Epoch: 2026-05-22T05:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-22T05:45:18.256Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

177.53475°

Altitude

475.294 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 34m 56s

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

19:18:05

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

482.137 km

Perigee altitude

467.224 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.817 km

Eccentricity

0.00109

Inclination

97.886°

RAAN

143.7343°

Arg. of periapsis

42.6805°

True anomaly

317.44342°

Mean anomaly

317.5277°

Eccentric anomaly

317.48557°

Mean motion

3.82595 °/min

Orbital period

94.09 mins

BSTAR

0.00020838

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2020 (2020-09-28 UTC)

LACUNASAT-3, 46492 (Decayed)

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

NETSAT-4, 46504

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

GONETS M 17, 46486

MEZNSAT, 46489 (Decayed)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499 (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.
4 mins	2026-05-23 12:10:23.149Z	57.735° ENE	2026-05-23 12:12:23.149Z	97.792° ESE	17.544°	2026-05-23 12:14:23.149Z	135.848° SSE
5 mins	2026-05-24 00:17:23.149Z	180.394° SSW	2026-05-24 00:19:23.149Z	240.184° WSW	41.901°	2026-05-24 00:22:23.149Z	339.591° N

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SALSAT, 46495

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-22T05:45:18.256Z)

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