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BOTAN, 65943

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BOTAN, 65943 is a payload satellite owned by Chiba kogyu (JP) in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. 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

65943, 1998-067XQ

Orbit

LEO

Country

JP / JPN

Related business

Chiba University (JP)

Manufacturer

Chiba kogyu

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown shape, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

RCS unknown

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 BOTAN
1 65943U 98067XQ  26013.12856159  .00065315  00000-0  66193-3 0  9994
2 65943  51.6312 341.6522 0002668  95.8815 264.2485 15.64624113 14760

Epoch: 2026-01-13T03:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-13T03:05:07.721Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

-177.24528°

Altitude

375.246 km

Speed

7.686 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 46m 36s

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

16:31:37

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

376.634 km

Perigee altitude

373.031 km

Semi-major axis

6,752.97 km

Eccentricity

0.00027

Inclination

51.6312°

RAAN

341.6522°

Arg. of periapsis

95.8815°

True anomaly

264.21808°

Mean anomaly

264.2485°

Eccentric anomaly

264.23329°

Mean motion

3.91112 °/min

Orbital period

92.05 mins

BSTAR

0.00066193

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

BIRD NN, 42824 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 58174 (Decayed)

REMDEB-DS2, 43680 (Decayed)

KITSUNE, 52148 (Decayed)

YUZGU 11, 53322 (Decayed)

FITSAT 1, 38853 (Decayed)

UBAKUSAT, 43467 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1B 27, 40422 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 52329 (Decayed)

XCUBESAT, 42707 (Decayed)

YOTSUBA-KULOVER, 65941

OBJECT PP, 43639 (Decayed)

BIRD JJ, 42820 (Decayed)

SERPENS, 40897 (Decayed)

SOMP 2, 42701 (Decayed)

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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	2026-01-14 00:44:31.226Z	237.657° WSW	2026-01-14 00:46:31.226Z	258.102° W	40.891°	2026-01-14 00:49:31.226Z	49.342° ENE
4 mins	2026-01-14 07:11:31.226Z	296.571° NW	2026-01-14 07:12:31.226Z	269.38° W	40.9°	2026-01-14 07:15:31.226Z	136.45° SSE

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BOTAN, 65943

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-13T03:05:07.721Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

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