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POSAT 1, 22829

Orbit data source: Space-Track

POSAT 1, 22829 is a payload satellite owned by INETI (PT) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 26 Sep 1993 UTC via an ARIANE 40 launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft 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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Identifier

22829, 1993-061G

Orbit

SSO

Country

PT / POR

Related business

National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (PT)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Non-operational Amateur Communications

Bus & Motor

UOSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

50 kg wet, 50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1993-09-26 (32 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 40

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Ant, 3.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.597 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 POSAT 1
1 22829U 93061G   25359.64348580  .00000129  00000-0  64862-4 0  9996
2 22829  98.6907  61.7699 0009835 173.6999 186.4309 14.31857441683210

Epoch: 2025-12-25T15:26Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-25T15:26:37.173Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

95.71944°

Altitude

795.463 km

Speed

7.452 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 07m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

20:26:09

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

789.713 km

Perigee altitude

775.628 km

Semi-major axis

7,160.808 km

Eccentricity

0.00098

Inclination

98.6907°

RAAN

61.7699°

Arg. of periapsis

173.6999°

True anomaly

186.41829°

Mean anomaly

186.4309°

Eccentric anomaly

186.42459°

Mean motion

3.58179 °/min

Orbital period

100.51 mins

BSTAR

0.000064862

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 1993 (1993-09-26 UTC)

ARIANE 40 DEB, 35955 (Decayed)

ARIANE 40 DEB, 23107 (Decayed)

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POSAT 1 Visibility forecast

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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.
8 mins	2025-12-26 03:19:06.859Z	121.708° SE	2025-12-26 03:23:06.859Z	70.014° E	24.336°	2025-12-26 03:27:06.859Z	13.53° NNE
8 mins	2025-12-26 04:59:06.859Z	204.403° SW	2025-12-26 05:02:06.859Z	252.341° W	30.216°	2025-12-26 05:07:06.859Z	328.128° NNW
9 mins	2025-12-26 17:11:06.859Z	16.156° NNE	2025-12-26 17:15:06.859Z	120.794° SE	44.736°	2025-12-26 17:20:06.859Z	191.908° SSW

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POSAT 1, 22829

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-25T15:26:37.173Z)

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 1993 (1993-09-26 UTC)

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