SIMBA

NORAD 46279 · COSPAR 2020-061H · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

SIMBA reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).

Orbit: #21909 @ 160 x 180 km x 97.3135 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-08-14 04:32 UTC Â· 19262.5 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

SIMBA
1 46279U 20061H 24227.18929082 .11906326 24855-5 11204-2 0 9990
2 46279 97.3135 304.1456 0015392 264.3319 95.6224 16.38290949219099

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

September 2nd 2020

Spacecraft age

6 years, 1 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

ESA/Royal Meteorological Institute, Belgium

Purpose

Earth Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Guiana Space Center

Launch vehicle

Vega

Contractor

Royal Meteorologial Institute, Belgium/ESA

Launch mass

6 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.3135Â°

Period

87.9 min

Perigee

160 km

Apogee

180 km

Eccentricity

0.0015392

RAAN

304.1456Â°

Arg of Perigee

264.3319Â°

Mean Motion

16.38290949 rev/d