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SKYSAT 2, 40072

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SKYSAT 2, 40072 is a payload satellite owned by Skybox (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 08 Jul 2014 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B 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

40072, 2014-037D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Planet Labs PBC (US)

Manufacturer

Skybox

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

SKYSAT, Unknown motor

Mass

82 kg wet, 82 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-07-08 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.800 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 SKYSAT 2
1 40072U 14037D   25191.37051719  .00000745  00000-0  90786-4 0  9999
2 40072  98.3424 127.1973 0004821 317.3413  42.7426 14.86592507595159

Epoch: 2025-07-10T08:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T08:53:32.685Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

65.27335°

Altitude

609.135 km

Speed

7.556 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 28m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

5.64742°

Longitude

65.08366°

Altitude

608.901 km

Speed

7.556 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 29m 18s

Apparent Declination

-32° 50' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:43:27

Azimuth

245.464° WSW

Elevation

-22.82°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

609.011 km

Perigee altitude

602.277 km

Semi-major axis

6,983.781 km

Eccentricity

0.00048

Inclination

98.3424°

RAAN

127.1973°

Arg. of periapsis

317.3413°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

42.7426°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.71884 °/min

Orbital period

96.8 mins

BSTAR

0.000090786

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Other satellites on launch #37 in the year 2014 (2014-07-08 UTC)

METEOR M2, 40069

MKA PN2 (RELEK), 40070

SL-4 R/B, 40077 (Decayed)

FREGAT DEB, 40078

SKYSAT 2 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.
6 mins	2025-07-11 08:05:23.429Z	38.15° NE	2025-07-11 08:08:23.429Z	98.254° ESE	29.757°	2025-07-11 08:11:23.429Z	158.337° S
4 mins	2025-07-11 09:42:23.429Z	321.777° NNW	2025-07-11 09:44:23.429Z	285.501° WNW	18.284°	2025-07-11 09:46:23.429Z	254.226° W
5 mins	2025-07-11 18:58:23.429Z	111.586° ESE	2025-07-11 19:00:23.429Z	72.184° E	24.108°	2025-07-11 19:03:23.429Z	17.501° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-11 20:34:23.429Z	226.058° WSW	2025-07-11 20:36:23.429Z	266.204° W	22.559°	2025-07-11 20:39:23.429Z	316.047° NNW

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