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CSIM, 43793

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CSIM, 43793 is a payload satellite owned by CU-LASP (US) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 03 Dec 2018 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

43793, 2018-099AM

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

University of Colorado, Boulder (US)

Manufacturer

Blue Canyon

Mission

Operational Amateur Astronomy

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-03 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.143 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 CSIM
1 43793U 18099AM  25115.17497325  .00151051  00000-0  18712-2 0  9999
2 43793  97.4867 190.1182 0006266 251.9584 108.0989 15.59537794350531

Epoch: 2025-04-25T04:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T04:11:57.688Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

-86.30798°

Altitude

393.455 km

Speed

7.673 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 40m 28s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

30.48637°

Longitude

98.33527°

Altitude

393.691 km

Speed

7.676 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 39m 43s

Apparent Declination

-3° 56' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:41:35

Azimuth

45.385° ENE

Elevation

-44.713°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

390.149 km

Perigee altitude

381.672 km

Semi-major axis

6,764.048 km

Eccentricity

0.0006266

Inclination

97.4867°

RAAN

190.1182°

Arg. of periapsis

251.9584°

True anomaly

108.16713°

Mean anomaly

108.0989°

Eccentric anomaly

108.13302°

Mean motion

3.90151 °/min

BSTAR

0.0018712

Orbital period

92.27 mins

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Other satellites on launch #99 in the year 2018 (2018-12-03 UTC)

ORBWEAVER 2, 43785 (Decayed)

CAPELLA-1, 43791 (Decayed)

ESEO, 43792

HAWK-B, 43794

ORBWEAVER 1, 43795 (Decayed)

CSIM 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.
4 mins	2025-04-26 04:59:27.606Z	162.261° S	2025-04-26 05:00:27.606Z	100.487° ESE	44.823°	2025-04-26 05:03:27.606Z	349.347° N

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