ELSA-D

NORAD 47944 · COSPAR 2021-022N · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

ELSA-D reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).

Orbit: #24141 @ 149 x 162 km x 97.3911 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-07-27 01:58 UTC Â· 10631.9 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

ELSA-D
1 47944U 21022N 25208.08235808 .11379044 26175-5 37732-3 0 9996
2 47944 97.3911 126.9970 0009473 237.2421 249.3450 16.43943670241410

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

March 22nd 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 6 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Astroscale

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Soyuz-2.1b

Contractor

Astroscale/Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Launch mass

175 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.3911Â°

Period

87.59 min

Perigee

149 km

Apogee

162 km

Eccentricity

0.0009473

RAAN

126.997Â°

Arg of Perigee

237.2421Â°

Mean Motion

16.4394367 rev/d