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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

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Technical University of Berlin (DE / GER)

Manufacturer

TUB

Mission

Operational Amateur Sigint

Bus & Motor

TUBIX10, Unknown motor

Mass

12 kg wet, 12 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-28 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.086 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 SALSAT
1 46495U 20068K   25128.87215254  .00009058  00000-0  39601-3 0  9990
2 46495  97.8582 105.4509 0009472 273.3552  86.6599 15.22293424253706

Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:55:53.979Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-75.46042°

Altitude

501.631 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 01m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-57.56355°

Longitude

92.59267°

Altitude

515.771 km

Speed

7.607 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 41m 16s

Apparent Declination

-80° 21' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:10:22

Azimuth

171.391° S

Elevation

-47.298°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

502.419 km

Perigee altitude

489.396 km

Semi-major axis

6,874.045 km

Eccentricity

0.0009472

Inclination

97.8582°

RAAN

105.4509°

Arg. of periapsis

273.3552°

True anomaly

86.76826°

Mean anomaly

86.6599°

Eccentric anomaly

86.71408°

Mean motion

3.80824 °/min

BSTAR

0.00039601

Orbital period

94.53 mins

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

GONETS M 17, 46486

GONETS M 18, 46487

GONETS M 19, 46488

MEZNSAT, 46489 (Decayed)

YARILO-1, 46490 (Decayed)

YARILO-2, 46491 (Decayed)

LACUNASAT-3, 46492 (Decayed)

KEPLER-5 (AMIDALA), 46498 (Decayed)

KEPLER-4 (ANTILLES), 46499

LEMUR-2-SLICERS, 46500 (Decayed)

SALSAT 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	2025-05-09 11:42:06.882Z	348.393° N	2025-05-09 11:44:06.882Z	291.725° WNW	34.24°	2025-05-09 11:47:06.882Z	218.137° SW
5 mins	2025-05-09 22:19:06.882Z	154.945° SSE	2025-05-09 22:21:06.882Z	62.533° ENE	43.452°	2025-05-09 22:24:06.882Z	352.823° N

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