ARIANE 1 DEB, 48343

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 1 DEB, 48343 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Fri, 19 Jun 1981 UTC launched from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

48343, 1981-057G

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

THALA/CNEST

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1981-06-19 (44 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 ARIANE 1 DEB
1 48343U 81057G   25129.20751988  .00000743  00000-0  56763-2 0  9995
2 48343  10.5923 174.1398 6679288 335.8277  11.1814  2.86346692261100

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:58:49.717Z)

Latitude

6.60305°

Longitude

-89.67124°

Altitude

2,523.873 km

Speed

8.398 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 09m 12s

True Declination

6° 34' 18"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

9.85731°

Longitude

-16.20425°

Altitude

15,699.386 km

Speed

4.133 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 16m 02s

Apparent Declination

0° 53' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:35:21

Azimuth

252.531° W

Elevation

18.433°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

28,569.56 km

Perigee altitude

579.668 km

Semi-major axis

20,952.751 km

Eccentricity

0.6679288

Inclination

10.5923°

RAAN

174.1398°

Arg. of periapsis

335.8277°

True anomaly

63.28145°

Mean anomaly

11.1814°

Eccentric anomaly

30.74608°

Mean motion

0.71562 °/min

BSTAR

0.0056763

Orbital period

503.06 mins

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Other satellites on launch #57 in the year 1981 (1981-06-19 UTC)

METEOSAT 2, 12544

APPLE, 12545

CAT 3, 12546

ARIANE 1 R/B, 12562 (Decayed)

ARIANE 1 DEB, 14125 (Decayed)

METEOSAT 2 AKM (MAGE 1), 20837

ARIANE 1 DEB 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.
337 mins	2025-05-09 14:25:12.636Z	252.499° W	2025-05-09 15:39:12.636Z	245.264° WSW	23.853°	2025-05-09 20:02:12.636Z	241.045° WSW
388 mins	2025-05-10 06:08:12.636Z	180.672° SSW	2025-05-10 06:21:12.636Z	137.136° SSE	22.077°	2025-05-10 12:36:12.636Z	116.527° SE

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