OBJECT A, 40899
Orbit data source: Space-Track
Recently launched and/or uncataloged satellites may have evolving metadata. Metadata may include but not limited to: Owner, Maufacturer, Bus, Motor, and Mission.
OBJECT A, 40899 is a satellite owned by NUDT Changsha (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 19 Sep 2015 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6 launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.
40899 intel report (Beta)
OBJECT A details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 5 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | NUDT Changsha |
| Mission | Non-operational Amateur Communications |
| Bus & Motor | TT2, Unknown motor |
| Mass | ~20 kg wet, 20 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Unknown |
| Shape & HBR | Box, 0.7 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.595 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 5 hours ago
0 OBJECT A
1 40899U 15049A 24361.75612137 .00107441 00000-0 10984-2 0 9998
2 40899 97.4446 24.4560 0004074 358.3584 1.7661 15.64675187514470Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T18:08:48.886Z)
| Latitude | -0.00002° |
| Longitude | 16.52136° |
| Altitude | 374.572 km |
| Speed | 7.686 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 01h 37m 49s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 78.22118° |
| Longitude | -21.80606° |
| Altitude | 386.926 km |
| Speed | 7.685 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 10h 15m 06s |
| Apparent Declination | 35° 34' 43" |
| Sunlit | Object is in partial shadow |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 22:28:58 |
| Azimuth | 2.912° NNE |
| Elevation | -14.438° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 373.831 km |
| Perigee altitude | 368.332 km |
| Semi-major axis | 6,749.218 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0004074 |
| Inclination | 97.4446° |
| RAAN | 24.456° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 358.3584° |
| True anomaly | 1.76754° |
| Mean anomaly | 1.7661° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 1.76682° |
| Mean motion | 3.91438 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.0010984 |
| Orbital period | 91.97 mins |
Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 UTC)
OBJECT A 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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| 5 mins | 2024-12-27 01:56:42.547Z | 177.441° S | 2024-12-27 01:59:42.547Z | 289.423° WNW | 40.186° | 2024-12-27 02:01:42.547Z | 338.532° N |
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