Latitude
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D-STAR
NORAD 43881 · COSPAR 2018-111F · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
D-STAR ONE (SPARROW) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 months ago).
Orbit: #42094 @ 174 x 189 km x 97.5898 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-08-16 10:26 UTC · 1419.6 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
D-STAR ONE (SPARROW)
1 43881U 18111F 26228.43502384 .06041846 26546-5 91668-3 0 9995
2 43881 97.5898 176.4549 0010987 196.6625 163.4311 16.34108377420946
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43881U 18111F 26228.43502384 .06041846 26546-5 91668-3 0 9995
2 43881 97.5898 176.4549 0010987 196.6625 163.4311 16.34108377420946
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
December 27th 2018
Spacecraft age
7 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
German Orbital Systems
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1a
Contractor
German Orbital Systems
Launch mass
4 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.5898°
Period
88.12 min
Perigee
174 km
Apogee
189 km
Eccentricity
0.0010987
RAAN
176.4549°
Arg of Perigee
196.6625°
Mean Motion
16.34108377 rev/d