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TUBIN, 48900

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TUBIN, 48900 is a payload satellite owned by TUB (DE) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 30 Jun 2021 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

48900, 2021-059X

Orbit

SSO

Country

DE / GER

Related business

Technical University of Berlin (DE)

Manufacturer

TUB

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

TUBIX20, Unknown motor

Mass

17 kg wet, 17 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-06-30 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.203 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 1 day ago

TLE from 1 day ago

0 TUBIN
1 48900U 21059X   25312.82336927  .00251716  00000-0  10408-2 0  9998
2 48900  97.6699 136.5608 0001668   1.7517 358.3758 15.85208853243913

Epoch: 2025-11-08T19:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-08T19:45:39.104Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

151.90042°

Altitude

317.791 km

Speed

7.718 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 06m 14s

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

18:53:30

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

313.744 km

Perigee altitude

311.512 km

Semi-major axis

6,690.765 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

97.6699°

RAAN

136.5608°

Arg. of periapsis

1.7517°

True anomaly

358.37526°

Mean anomaly

358.3758°

Eccentric anomaly

358.37553°

Mean motion

3.96579 °/min

Orbital period

90.78 mins

BSTAR

0.0010408

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2021 (2021-06-30 UTC)

LEMUR 2 JACKSON, 48885 (Decayed)

SHERPA-LTE1, 48941 (Decayed)

UMBRA-2001, 48906 (Decayed)

AYAN-21, 48944 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-99, 48936 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-105, 48896 (Decayed)

KSF1-A, 48930 (Decayed)

D2/ATLACOM-1, 48922 (Decayed)

HAWK-3C, 48948

SPACEBEE-96, 48934 (Decayed)

TROPICS PATHFINDER, 48901 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 JOHN-TREIRES, 48925 (Decayed)

NUSAT-20 (GRACE), 48921 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 ANNABANANA, 48923 (Decayed)

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TUBIN Visibility forecast

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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	2025-11-10 01:05:34.452Z	25.243° NE	2025-11-10 01:07:34.452Z	81.473° E	36.079°	2025-11-10 01:09:34.452Z	172.924° S

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TUBIN, 48900

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: 2025-11-08T19:45:39.104Z)

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2021 (2021-06-30 UTC)

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