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AII-BRAVO, 48270

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AII-BRAVO, 48270 is a Lithuanian payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Thu, 29 Apr 2021 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

48270, 2021-034C

Orbit

SSO

Country

LT / LTU

Related business

Maxar Technologies Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

NanoAvionics US

Mission

Operational Commercial Sigint

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-04-29 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.104 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 AII-BRAVO
1 48270U 21034C   25346.96228302  .00008136  00000-0  63183-3 0  9995
2 48270  97.5939  41.0615 0005647 191.7287 168.3807 15.01575098251652

Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:05:41.252Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-27.25676°

Altitude

568.938 km

Speed

7.574 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 44m 14s

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

05:22:59

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

562.955 km

Perigee altitude

555.12 km

Semi-major axis

6,937.174 km

Eccentricity

0.00056

Inclination

97.5939°

RAAN

41.0615°

Arg. of periapsis

191.7287°

True anomaly

168.39372°

Mean anomaly

168.3807°

Eccentric anomaly

168.38721°

Mean motion

3.75638 °/min

Orbital period

95.84 mins

BSTAR

0.00063183

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PNEO3, 48268

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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	2025-12-13 15:40:35.998Z	55.212° ENE	2025-12-13 15:42:35.998Z	87.274° E	16.289°	2025-12-13 15:44:35.998Z	122.89° SE
5 mins	2025-12-13 17:15:35.998Z	342.061° N	2025-12-13 17:17:35.998Z	300.213° NW	28.027°	2025-12-13 17:20:35.998Z	231.847° WSW
6 mins	2025-12-14 04:00:35.998Z	180.078° SSW	2025-12-14 04:03:35.998Z	263.752° W	41.882°	2025-12-14 04:06:35.998Z	338.614° N

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AII-BRAVO, 48270

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:05:41.252Z)

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