TOPEX/POSEIDON, 22076
Orbit data source: Space-Track
TOPEX/POSEIDON, 22076 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Mon, 10 Aug 1992 UTC via an ARIANE 42P launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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TOPEX/POSEIDON details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 21 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | Fairchild |
| Mission | Non-operational Civil Science |
| Bus & Motor | MMS, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 2,402 kg wet, 2,185 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Hex Poly + 1 Pan, 11.5 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 20.954 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 21 hours ago
0 TOPEX/POSEIDON
1 22076U 92052A 24360.58206619 -.00000015 00000-0 20129-3 0 9991
2 22076 66.0387 171.1878 0007517 268.1946 152.9605 12.81075452514494Epoch: 2024-12-25T13:58Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-25T13:58:10.518Z)
| Latitude | 53.31301° |
| Longitude | -96.52046° |
| Altitude | 1,350.131 km |
| Speed | 7.186 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 13h 50m 23s |
| True Declination | 53° 09' 39" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 50.73942° |
| Longitude | -101.95803° |
| Altitude | 1,349.383 km |
| Speed | 7.186 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 17h 41m 46s |
| Apparent Declination | 23° 12' 51" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 09:54:53 |
| Azimuth | 55.344° ENE |
| Elevation | -3.671° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 1,341.511 km |
| Perigee altitude | 1,329.914 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,713.849 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0007517 |
| Inclination | 66.0387° |
| RAAN | 171.1878° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 268.1946° |
| True anomaly | 152.99963° |
| Mean anomaly | 152.9605° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 152.98007° |
| Mean motion | 3.20359 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00020129 |
| Orbital period | 112.37 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 1992 (1992-08-10 UTC)
TOPEX/POSEIDON Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 12:13:41.309Z | 172.869° S | 2024-12-26 12:20:41.309Z | 105.397° ESE | 32.895° | 2024-12-26 12:27:41.309Z | 44.229° NE |
| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 14:09:41.309Z | 239.163° WSW | 2024-12-26 14:16:41.309Z | 318.209° NNW | 36.453° | 2024-12-26 14:23:41.309Z | 20.845° NNE |
| 7 mins | 2024-12-26 16:11:41.309Z | 311.897° NW | 2024-12-26 16:14:41.309Z | 335.681° NNW | 14.425° | 2024-12-26 16:18:41.309Z | 5.781° NNE |
| 10 mins | 2024-12-26 20:10:41.309Z | 359.39° N | 2024-12-26 20:14:41.309Z | 34.606° NE | 20.601° | 2024-12-26 20:20:41.309Z | 83.535° E |
| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 22:05:41.309Z | 332.999° NNW | 2024-12-26 22:11:41.309Z | 22.077° NNE | 44.267° | 2024-12-26 22:19:41.309Z | 146.112° SSE |
| 10 mins | 2024-12-27 00:02:41.309Z | 294.831° NW | 2024-12-27 00:06:41.309Z | 261.421° W | 19.932° | 2024-12-27 00:12:41.309Z | 212.809° SW |
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