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BKA 2, 38708 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BKA 2, 38708 was a payload satellite owned by AN Belarus (BY) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 22 Jul 2012 UTC via a SOYUZ-FG launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

38708, 2012-039B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

9 months ago

Origin

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Unknown / BELA)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Decayed Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

KANOPUS, Unknown motor

Mass

400 kg wet, 400 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-07-22 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-FG

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.665 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 months ago

0 BKA 2
1 38708U 12039B   24291.25338330  .17019731  26811-5  29005-3 0  9997
2 38708  97.2045 196.3251 0003310 233.3532 256.6219 16.48098683680536

Epoch: 2024-10-17T06:04Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-10-17T06:04:52.317Z)

Latitude

49.63409°

Longitude

-92.63054°

Altitude

152.856 km

Speed

7.819 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 39m 18s

True Declination

49° 26' 55"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

143.293 km

Perigee altitude

138.978 km

Semi-major axis

6,519.273 km

Eccentricity

0.00033

Inclination

97.2045°

RAAN

196.3251°

Arg. of periapsis

233.3532°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

256.6219°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

4.1233 °/min

Orbital period

87.31 mins

BSTAR

0.00029005

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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 2012 (2012-07-22 UTC)

KANOPUS-V 1, 38707 (Decayed)

EXACTVIEW-1, 38709

TET-1, 38710 (Decayed)

MKA-FKI 1, 38711

FREGAT R/B, 38712 (Decayed)

SL-26 R/B, 38713 (Decayed)

TET-1 DEB, 44597 (Decayed)

BKA 2 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.
4 mins	2025-07-06 04:20:07.645Z	172.963° S	2025-07-06 04:23:07.645Z	179.848° S	32.344°	2025-07-06 04:24:07.645Z	191.739° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-06 04:47:07.645Z	190.179° SSW	2025-07-06 04:50:07.645Z	209.348° SW	29.664°	2025-07-06 04:51:07.645Z	228.438° WSW

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