Latitude
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BRITE-PL2
NORAD 40119 · COSPAR 2014-049B · ACTIVE
Orbit: #66102 @ 572 x 593 km x 97.9211 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-26 05:47 UTC · 16.9 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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BRITE-PL2 (HEWELIUSZ)
1 40119U 14049B 26299.24157457 .00000827 00000-0 81053-4 0 09994
2 40119 97.9211 52.3677 0014619 38.9669 321.2602 14.94975147661020
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40119U 14049B 26299.24157457 .00000827 00000-0 81053-4 0 09994
2 40119 97.9211 52.3677 0014619 38.9669 321.2602 14.94975147661020
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
August 19th 2014
Spacecraft age
12 years, 2 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
BRITE Consortium
Purpose
Space Science
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Taiyuan Launch Center
Launch vehicle
Long March 2B
Contractor
Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Launch mass
10 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.9211°
Period
96.32 min
Perigee
572 km
Apogee
593 km
Eccentricity
0.0014619
RAAN
52.3677°
Arg of Perigee
38.9669°
Mean Motion
14.94975147 rev/d