● ORBIT ING-NOW

CARBONITE

NORAD 43115 · COSPAR 2018-004E · REENTRY☠️ RIP
CARBONITE 2 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #41006 @ 170 x 184 km x 97.1894 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-05-17 04:52 UTC · 12478.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
Trend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak
CARBONITE 2
1 43115U 18004E 25137.20304171 .04606220 23996-5 59053-3 0 9992
2 43115 97.1894 221.7544 0010900 254.1267 105.8829 16.35734082410069
TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
January 11th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
—
Expected lifetime
—
Operator
Earth-i/Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Launch vehicle
PSLV
Contractor
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Launch mass
—
Power
—

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.1894°
Period
88.03 min
Perigee
170 km
Apogee
184 km
Eccentricity
0.00109
RAAN
221.7544°
Arg of Perigee
254.1267°
Mean Motion
16.35734082 rev/d