BRITE-PL 2, 40119
Orbit data source: Space-Track
BRITE-PL 2, 40119 is a payload satellite owned by CBK (PL) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
Orbit
Country
PL / POLRelated business
Manufacturer
CBKPL/UTIAS
Mission
Operational Civil Astronomy
Bus & Motor
GNB, Unknown motor
Mass
6.8 kg wet, 6.8 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.1 m
Radar Cross Section
0.060 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago
TLE from 8 hours ago
0 BRITE-PL 2
1 40119U 14049B 25354.23669545 .00001733 00000-0 16920-3 0 9997
2 40119 97.8998 100.1393 0013904 348.4489 11.6409 14.93686210614722Epoch: 2025-12-20T05:40Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-20T05:40:50.486Z)
Latitude
-0.00008°
Longitude
-74.13744°
Altitude
580.008 km
Speed
7.576 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 40m 33s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
12:59:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
593.156 km
Perigee altitude
573.797 km
Semi-major axis
6,961.613 km
Eccentricity
0.00139
Inclination
97.8998°
RAAN
100.1393°
Arg. of periapsis
348.4489°
True anomaly
11.6731°
Mean anomaly
11.6409°
Eccentric anomaly
11.657°
Mean motion
3.73661 °/min
Orbital period
96.34 mins
BSTAR
0.0001692
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2014 (2014-08-19 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.BRITE-PL 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. |
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| 5 mins | 2025-12-20 19:08:05.497Z | 56.423° ENE | 2025-12-20 19:10:05.497Z | 87.964° E | 16.9° | 2025-12-20 19:13:05.497Z | 135.33° SSE |
| 5 mins | 2025-12-20 20:44:05.497Z | 335.475° NNW | 2025-12-20 20:46:05.497Z | 282.682° WNW | 29.836° | 2025-12-20 20:49:05.497Z | 227.034° WSW |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-21 07:32:05.497Z | 185.605° SSW | 2025-12-21 07:35:05.497Z | 274.474° WNW | 39.403° | 2025-12-21 07:38:05.497Z | 335.66° NNW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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