LILACSAT 2, 40908
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LILACSAT 2, 40908 is a payload satellite owned by Harbin (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). 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
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
Harbin
Mission
Operational Amateur Com/Tech
Bus & Motor
CAS-3H, Unknown motor
Mass
11 kg wet, 11 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.2 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 LILACSAT 2
1 40908U 15049K 26319.28488056 .00024792 00000-0 35008-3 0 9995
2 40908 97.4449 2.2381 0007657 66.0188 294.1868 15.56530737619219Epoch: 2026-11-15T06:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-15T06:50:13.680Z)
Latitude
0.00002°
Longitude
-154.69642°
Altitude
398.722 km
Speed
7.672 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 08m 57s
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
11:16:43
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
399.812 km
Perigee altitude
389.44 km
Semi-major axis
6,772.763 km
Eccentricity
0.00077
Inclination
97.4449°
RAAN
2.2381°
Arg. of periapsis
66.0188°
True anomaly
294.10673°
Mean anomaly
294.1868°
Eccentric anomaly
294.14677°
Mean motion
3.89399 °/min
Orbital period
92.45 mins
BSTAR
0.00035008
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 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.LILACSAT 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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| 4 mins | 2026-11-16 03:02:24.726Z | 161.447° S | 2026-11-16 03:04:24.726Z | 7.872° NNE | 63.495° | 2026-11-16 03:06:24.726Z | 351.01° N |
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