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BUCCANEER
NORAD
43014
· COSPAR
2017-073B
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INACTIVE TLE
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Orbit:
#21695 @ 455 x 794 km x 97.6841 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2021-11-25 10:48 UTC
·
43048.1 h old
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// celestrak
BUCCANEER RMM
1 43014U 17073B 21329.45040749 .00002067 00000+0 16246-3 0 9996
2 43014 97.6841 225.9682 0242215 133.5817 228.5785 14.81633687216954
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
November 18th 2017
Spacecraft age
8 years, 11 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Defence Science and Technology Group/University of New South Wales
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Delta 2
Contractor
Defence Science and Technology Group/University of New South Wales
Launch mass
4
kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.6841°
Period
97.19
min
Perigee
455
km
Apogee
794
km
Eccentricity
0.0242215
RAAN
225.9682°
Arg of Perigee
133.5817°
Mean Motion
14.81633687
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