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BOTAN, 65943 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BOTAN, 65943 was 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

Decayed

Country

JP / JPN

Related business

Chiba University (JP)

Manufacturer

Chiba kogyu

Mission

Decayed Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m²

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0 BOTAN
1 65943U 98067XQ  26108.50080101  .04905991  12189-4  10064-2 0  9994
2 65943  51.6087 206.4857 0010568 326.5110  33.5243 16.30209286 29857

Epoch: 2026-04-18T12:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-18T12:01:09.207Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

179.57859°

Altitude

186.955 km

Speed

7.799 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 45m 56s

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

00:34:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

199.452 km

Perigee altitude

185.564 km

Semi-major axis

6,570.645 km

Eccentricity

0.00106

Inclination

51.6087°

RAAN

206.4857°

Arg. of periapsis

326.511°

True anomaly

33.59126°

Mean anomaly

33.5243°

Eccentric anomaly

33.55777°

Mean motion

4.07503 °/min

Orbital period

88.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0010064

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BOTAN, 65943 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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