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MOHAMMED VI-B, 43717

Orbit data source: Space-Track

MOHAMMED VI-B, 43717 is a payload satellite owned by RMAF (MA) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 21 Nov 2018 UTC via a VEGA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). 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

43717, 2018-095A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (MA)

Manufacturer

Airbus/Toulouse

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

ASTROSAT-1000, Unknown motor

Mass

1,108 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-11-21 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

VEGA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 3 Pan, 8 m

Radar Cross Section

12.145 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 MOHAMMED VI-B
1 43717U 18095A   25186.81252721  .00000619  00000-0  87736-4 0  9996
2 43717  97.9527 259.1192 0001279  90.9229 269.2127 14.77075248333634

Epoch: 2025-07-05T19:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T19:30:02.35Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

42.56423°

Altitude

641.6 km

Speed

7.537 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 16m 28s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

3.37667°

Longitude

42.29542°

Altitude

641.16 km

Speed

7.538 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 54m 41s

Apparent Declination

-26° 28' 56"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:20:06

Azimuth

97.756° ESE

Elevation

-34.156°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

636.516 km

Perigee altitude

634.721 km

Semi-major axis

7,013.756 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

97.9527°

RAAN

259.1192°

Arg. of periapsis

90.9229°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

269.2127°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.69502 °/min

Orbital period

97.43 mins

BSTAR

0.000087736

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MOHAMMED VI-B 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.
5 mins	2025-07-06 03:47:36.273Z	100.48° ESE	2025-07-06 03:49:36.273Z	68.866° E	17.789°	2025-07-06 03:52:36.273Z	23.965° NE
6 mins	2025-07-06 05:23:36.273Z	206.228° SW	2025-07-06 05:25:36.273Z	250.372° W	31.79°	2025-07-06 05:29:36.273Z	328.802° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-06 17:13:36.273Z	38.563° NE	2025-07-06 17:16:36.273Z	110.044° ESE	32.149°	2025-07-06 17:19:36.273Z	163.568° S
4 mins	2025-07-06 18:50:36.273Z	323.991° NNW	2025-07-06 18:52:36.273Z	291.074° WNW	17.549°	2025-07-06 18:54:36.273Z	259.755° W

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