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CONNECTA T1.2, 55012

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CONNECTA T1.2, 55012 is a payload satellite owned by Plan-S (TR) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 03 Jan 2023 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

55012, 2023-001D

Orbit

SSO

Country

TR / TURK

Related business

Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies Inc. (TR)

Manufacturer

Plan-S

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

4 kg wet, 4 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-01-03 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 CONNECTA T1.2
1 55012U 23001D   26120.62400048  .00023236  00000-0  45314-3 0  9990
2 55012  97.3306 190.5865 0004759 255.9884 104.0837 15.47510558185180

Epoch: 2026-04-30T14:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-30T14:58:33.641Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

107.3784°

Altitude

427.93 km

Speed

7.654 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 42m 20s

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

11:03:31

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

424.173 km

Perigee altitude

417.702 km

Semi-major axis

6,799.074 km

Eccentricity

0.00048

Inclination

97.3306°

RAAN

190.5865°

Arg. of periapsis

255.9884°

True anomaly

104.13659°

Mean anomaly

104.0837°

Eccentric anomaly

104.11014°

Mean motion

3.8714 °/min

Orbital period

92.99 mins

BSTAR

0.00045314

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Other satellites on launch #1 in the year 2023 (2023-01-03 UTC)

FLOCK 4Y 34, 55082 (Decayed)

SPACEBEE-166, 55092 (Decayed)

TAUSAT-2, 55073 (Decayed)

OBJECT-DD, 55108 (Decayed)

ASTROCAST-0404, 55112

KSF3-B, 55019 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 19, 55026 (Decayed)

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CONNECTA T1.2 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.
5 mins	2026-05-01 05:04:40.876Z	198.869° SSW	2026-05-01 05:06:40.876Z	256.741° W	31.798°	2026-05-01 05:09:40.876Z	331.042° NNW
4 mins	2026-05-01 17:55:40.876Z	340.591° N	2026-05-01 17:57:40.876Z	267.835° W	30.176°	2026-05-01 17:59:40.876Z	222.131° SW

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CONNECTA T1.2, 55012

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-30T14:58:33.641Z)

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