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NESS, 58020

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NESS, 58020 is a payload satellite owned by CNES (FR) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 09 Oct 2023 UTC via a VEGA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

58020, 2023-155E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

14 hours ago

Origin

National Center for Space Studies, Paris (FR)

Manufacturer

U-Space

Mission

Operational Civil Sigint

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5 kg wet, 5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-10-09 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 14 hours ago

0 NESS
1 58020U 23155E   25123.16018203  .00020853  00000-0  10680-2 0  9990
2 58020  97.6224 198.8077 0008587 180.6623 179.4599 15.16591902 86097

Epoch: 2025-05-03T03:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T03:50:39.727Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-80.16425°

Altitude

525.151 km

Speed

7.597 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 15m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-55.28932°

Longitude

89.33225°

Altitude

534.341 km

Speed

7.596 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 50m 22s

Apparent Declination

-82° 20' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:19:54

Azimuth

186.696° SSW

Elevation

-45.797°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

519.047 km

Perigee altitude

507.212 km

Semi-major axis

6,891.267 km

Eccentricity

0.0008587

Inclination

97.6224°

RAAN

198.8077°

Arg. of periapsis

180.6623°

True anomaly

179.46083°

Mean anomaly

179.4599°

Eccentric anomaly

179.46036°

Mean motion

3.79398 °/min

BSTAR

0.001068

Orbital period

94.89 mins

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NESS 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.
4 mins	2025-05-03 18:39:54.572Z	332.553° NNW	2025-05-03 18:41:54.572Z	290.73° WNW	21.446°	2025-05-03 18:43:54.572Z	248.413° W
7 mins	2025-05-04 05:17:54.572Z	182.712° SSW	2025-05-04 05:20:54.572Z	236.063° WSW	37.974°	2025-05-04 05:24:54.572Z	338.079° N

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