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ARTHUR-1, 48953

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ARTHUR-1, 48953 is a payload satellite owned by Aerospacelab (BE) 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

48953, 2021-059CC

Orbit

SSO

Country

BE / BEL

Related business

Aerospacelab (BE)

Manufacturer

Aerospacelab

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 12U, Unknown motor

Mass

~20 kg wet, ~20 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

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 4 hours ago

TLE from 4 hours ago

0 ARTHUR-1
1 48953U 21059CC  25356.18146728  .00548653  14506-3  81518-3 0  9990
2 48953  97.6419 189.8909 0000334 164.4483 195.6807 16.04906990251122

Epoch: 2025-12-22T04:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-22T04:21:18.772Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

33.57945°

Altitude

264.263 km

Speed

7.748 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 39m 33s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

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

07:54:25

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

257.938 km

Perigee altitude

257.494 km

Semi-major axis

6,635.853 km

Eccentricity

0.00003

Inclination

97.6419°

RAAN

189.8909°

Arg. of periapsis

164.4483°

True anomaly

195.67967°

Mean anomaly

195.6807°

Eccentric anomaly

195.68018°

Mean motion

4.01512 °/min

Orbital period

89.66 mins

BSTAR

0.00081518

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

ICEYE-X11, 48918

YAM-2, 48911 (Decayed)

ION SCV-003, 48912 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-88, 48935 (Decayed)

DEMO8(TENZING), 48951

STARLINK-3005, 48881

SPACEBEE-95, 48945 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-96, 48934 (Decayed)

SPACEBEENZ-8, 48891 (Decayed)

W-CUBE, 48965 (Decayed)

ASTROCAST-0205, 48960

ASTROCAST-0203, 48955

DEMO9(AURORA), 48956 (Decayed)

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