BHUTAN-1

NORAD 43591 · COSPAR 1998-067PF · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

BHUTAN-1 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 5 years ago).

Orbit: #13039 @ 150 x 158 km x 51.6155 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2020-11-18 13:42 UTC Â· 51885.6 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

BHUTAN-1
1 43591U 98067PF 20323.57107911 .11695971 12499-4 37838-3 0 9993
2 43591 51.6155 198.6835 0005882 255.3071 104.7305 16.44501217130390

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

August 10th 2018

Spacecraft age

8 years, 2 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Information and Communications Ministry

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

International Space Station

Launch vehicle

J-SSOD Deployer

Contractor

JAXA/Kyushu Institute of Technology

Launch mass

2 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

51.6155Â°

Period

87.56 min

Perigee

150 km

Apogee

158 km

Eccentricity

0.0005882

RAAN

198.6835Â°

Arg of Perigee

255.3071Â°

Mean Motion

16.44501217 rev/d