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44393
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2019-038H
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REENTRY
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D-STAR ONE (LIGHTSAT) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).
Orbit:
#27348 @ 174 x 188 km x 97.6419 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2024-06-06 07:40 UTC
·
20568.4 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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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
D-STAR ONE (LIGHTSAT)
1 44393U 19038H 24158.31972653 .07395049 26932-5 10891-2 0 9995
2 44393 97.6419 167.1693 0010410 224.8935 135.1520 16.34420468273482
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
July 5th 2019
Spacecraft age
7 years, 3 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 2.1b
Contractor
German Orbital Systems
Launch mass
1
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
97.6419°
Period
88.1
min
Perigee
174
km
Apogee
188
km
Eccentricity
0.001041
RAAN
167.1693°
Arg of Perigee
224.8935°
Mean Motion
16.34420468
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