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HUYGENS, 55093

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HUYGENS, 55093 is a Norwegian payload satellite 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

55093, 2023-001CN

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

National Aerospace Laboratory (NO / NOR)

Manufacturer

NanoAvionics

Mission

Operational Civil Sigint

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, ~10 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 + 2 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 HUYGENS
1 55093U 23001CN  25196.88905404  .00004906  00000-0  15799-3 0  9992
2 55093  97.3721 259.5186 0010770 201.7711 158.3074 15.32627531140731

Epoch: 2025-07-15T21:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T21:20:14.269Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

5.48206°

Altitude

477.939 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 18m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

25.46541°

Longitude

2.29883°

Altitude

478.561 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 40m 37s

Apparent Declination

-33° 13' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:53:44

Azimuth

218.771° SW

Elevation

4.327°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

472.294 km

Perigee altitude

457.554 km

Semi-major axis

6,843.061 km

Eccentricity

0.00108

Inclination

97.3721°

RAAN

259.5186°

Arg. of periapsis

201.7711°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

158.3074°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.83414 °/min

Orbital period

93.89 mins

BSTAR

0.00015799

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

OBJECT A, 55009

FLOCK 4Y 28, 55033 (Decayed)

LYNK TOWER 4, 55034

FLOCK 4Y 3, 55035 (Decayed)

UMBRA-05, 55036

LEMUR 2 EMMACULATE, 55037 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 MMOLO, 55038 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 1, 55039 (Decayed)

FLOCK 4Y 16, 55040 (Decayed)

SKYKRAFT-1, 55041

FLOCK 4Y 33, 55042

FLOCK 4Y 11, 55043

STERNULA-1, 55044 (Decayed)

NUSAT-34 (AMELIA EARHART, 55045

LYNK TOWER 3, 55046

HUYGENS 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.
5 mins	2025-07-16 16:43:00.383Z	35.729° NE	2025-07-16 16:45:00.383Z	92.272° ESE	33.357°	2025-07-16 16:48:00.383Z	168.627° S
4 mins	2025-07-17 04:49:00.383Z	214.426° SW	2025-07-17 04:51:00.383Z	269.69° W	26.524°	2025-07-17 04:53:00.383Z	316.76° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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