ARIANE 44L+3 DEB, 48421

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARIANE 44L+3 DEB, 48421 is space debris in HEO originally from a launch on Tue, 09 Jul 1996 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

48421, 1996-040E

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

1 year ago

Origin

ArianeGroup (FR)

Manufacturer

ArianeGroup

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1996-07-09 (29 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 1 year ago

0 ARIANE 44L+3 DEB
1 48421U 96040E   24138.94035614  .00002190  00000-0  81776-2 0  9991
2 48421   6.3899 241.6302 6951932  58.0411 351.2228  2.58292292 86297

Epoch: 2024-05-17T22:34Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-05-17T22:34:06.77Z)

Latitude

0.00033°

Longitude

27.1939°

Altitude

2,094.829 km

Speed

8.736 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 07m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

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Latitude

4.38785°

Longitude

-15.56678°

Altitude

7,475.369 km

Speed

6.301 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 48m 07s

Apparent Declination

-18° 18' 12"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:09:03

Azimuth

202.005° SSW

Elevation

28.799°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

31,668.306 km

Perigee altitude

462.862 km

Semi-major axis

22,443.721 km

Eccentricity

0.6951932

Inclination

6.3899°

RAAN

241.6302°

Arg. of periapsis

58.0411°

True anomaly

301.66164°

Mean anomaly

351.2228°

Eccentric anomaly

333.36783°

Mean motion

0.64551 °/min

BSTAR

0.0081776

Orbital period

557.7 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 1996 (1996-07-09 UTC)

ARABSAT 2A, 23948

TURKSAT 1C, 23949

ARIANE 44L+3 R/B, 23950

ARIANE DEB (SPELDA), 23951 (Decayed)

ARIANE 44L+3 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.
485 mins	2025-05-04 06:19:56.770Z	201.978° SSW	2025-05-04 09:47:56.770Z	170.919° S	32.937°	2025-05-04 14:24:56.770Z	148.658° SSE

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