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| 2019 - Launches to Orbit and Beyond
Listed are all launches, irrespective of outcome, that were irretrievably committed to flight towards orbit or intended to accelerate the payload to escape velocity.
Launch times are in UTC and are from the launching agency or estimated by 'walking back' along the ground track to the launch site. The PRIME source of orbit data and decay information is SpaceTrack. All other major sources draw heavily on the Space-Track data.
To fill the gaps where Space-Track's elements are not published because they have a classification of "Secret", a minority of orbits is based on amateur observations using visual and radio techniques. Occasionally, early orbit data are published by satellite owners and may cover periods before SpaceTrack lists a new object. In extreme cases, orbits are estimated from public data.
Apogee and perigee are measured against a spherical Earth situated at the focus of the orbital ellipse and with a radius of 6378.145 km. Care should be exercised when comparing with other published orbits even when the source is shown as SpaceTrack because they may be be based on a different model.
2019-022 Antares 230 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA |
2019 Apr 17, 20:46 |
SS Roger Chaffee (Cygnus NG-11) 2019-022A 44188 |
Re-entered - 2019 Dec 6 Life 233 days
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Northrop Grumman vehicle carrying supplies to ISS. Captured by RMS Remote Manipulator Apr 19, 0928 UTC, docked with downward- facing port of Unity at 11:31 UTC. Undocked Aug 6 at 13:30 UTC, released from Remote Manipulator at 16:15 UTC. Launched several Cubesats after departing ISS. Destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean 2019 Dec 6, probably at around 16:55 UTC followed retrofire about 40 minutes earlier. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Apr 17, 22:24 | 6711 | 0.0071 | 285 | 380 | 91.18 | 51.64 | 305 | | | 2019 Apr 18, 20:48 | 6780 | 0.0002 | 401 | 403 | 92.60 | 51.63 | 228 | | | 2019 Apr 18, 22:21 | 6782 | 0.0001 | 403 | 404 | 92.64 | 51.64 | 85 | | | 2019 Apr 19, 07:52 | 6783 | 0.0007 | 400 | 410 | 92.67 | 51.69 | 119 | | | 2019 Apr 19, 12:21 | 6787 | 0.0001 | 408 | 410 | 92.75 | 51.64 | 194 | | | 2019 Aug 05, 05:22 | 6792 | 0.0006 | 409 | 418 | 92.84 | 51.64 | 219 | | | 2019 Aug 06, 20:59 | 6825 | 0.0047 | 415 | 479 | 93.52 | 51.63 | 318 | | | 2019 Aug 06, 22:33 | 6853 | 0.0050 | 440 | 509 | 94.10 | 51.66 | 8 | | | 2019 Aug 16, 22:23 | 6853 | 0.0012 | 466 | 483 | 94.09 | 51.64 | 294 | | | 2019 Sep 16, 11:48 | 6852 | 0.0014 | 465 | 484 | 94.09 | 51.64 | 45 | | | 2019 Sep 17, 09:43 | 6842 | 0.0006 | 459 | 468 | 93.86 | 51.64 | 309 | | | 2019 Oct 08, 18:30 | 6844 | 0.0006 | 462 | 470 | 93.92 | 51.63 | 352 | | | 2019 Oct 18, 12:53 | 6794 | 0.0007 | 411 | 421 | 92.89 | 51.64 | 160 | | | 2019 Oct 20, 18:19 | 6844 | 0.0006 | 462 | 470 | 93.91 | 51.63 | 38 | | | 2019 Dec 01, 22:20 | 6844 | 0.0005 | 462 | 469 | 93.91 | 51.63 | 177 | | | | Antares upper stage 2019-022B 44206 |
Re-entered - 2019 Apr 28 Life 11 days
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Launched SS Roger Chaffee (Cygnus NG-11). Initial orbit not published by Space-Track but probably approx 190 x 275 km. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Apr 24, 15:25 | 6588 | 0.0032 | 188 | 230 | 88.68 | 51.61 | 166 | | | |
  Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Jul 3, 10:15 |
GEMS (Global Environmental Monitoring System) 1998-067QK 44385 |
in space
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3U Cubesat equipped with microwave radiometer i to capture 3D temperature and moisture atmospheric profiles. IOD (In Orbit Demonstration System) launch from Orbital Micro Systems. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 09, 18:42 | 6790 | 0.0004 | 409 | 414 | 92.80 | 51.64 | 119 | | | |
  Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Jul 3, 11:50 |
KRAKsat 1998-067QL 44426 |
in space
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1U Cubesat - produced students at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, carrying an experiment to investigate the use of ferrofluid (powdered metal) as a flywheel. Its storage batteries failed to hold a charge from the the solar cells. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 14, 06:55 | 6790 | 0.0006 | 408 | 416 | 92.80 | 51.65 | 114 | | | | Światowid 1998-067QM 44427 |
in space
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2U Cubesat from Poland, carrying a high resolution Earth imaging system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 13, 20:06 | 6790 | 0.0005 | 409 | 415 | 92.81 | 51.64 | 126 | | | |
  Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Jul 3, 14:50 |
VCC A (Virginia Cubesat Constellation A) 1998-067QN 44428 |
in space
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1U Cubesat - One of a set of three launched simultaneously to provide measurements of orbit decay. Each was equipped with a drag device to cause re-entry at the end of mission. Built by a consortium of universities in the state of Virginia, USA. All three reportedly failed to activate on release into orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 14, 17:42 | 6790 | 0.0003 | 409 | 414 | 92.79 | 51.64 | 140 | | | | VCC C (Virginia Cubesat Constellation C) 1998-067QQ 44430 |
in space
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1U Cubesat - One of a set of three launched simultaneously to provide measurements of orbit decay. Each was equipped with a drag device to cause re-entry at the end of mission. Built by a consortium of universities in the state of Virginia, USA. All three reportedly failed to activate on release into orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 13, 21:37 | 6790 | 0.0003 | 409 | 414 | 92.79 | 51.64 | 140 | | | | VCC B (Virginia Cubesat Constellation B) 1998-067QR 44431 |
in space
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1U Cubesat - One of a set of three launched simultaneously to provide measurements of orbit decay. Each was equipped with a drag device to cause re-entry at the end of mission. Built by a consortium of universities in the state of Virginia, USA. All three reportedly failed to activate on release into orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 14, 13:05 | 6790 | 0.0004 | 409 | 414 | 92.80 | 51.64 | 148 | | | |
  Nanoracks Cubesat Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Jul 3, 16:25 |
Entrysat 1998-067QP 44429 |
in space
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3U Cubesat from ISAE-SUPAERO and funded by CNES, France - inert satellite designed to study the behaviour of a piece of space debris in orbit and approaching re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 14, 16:10 | 6789 | 0.0003 | 409 | 414 | 92.79 | 51.64 | 137 | | | |
2019-040 Proton-M + DM-3 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Jul 12, 12:30 |
Spektr RG (Spektr Roentgen-Gamma) 2019-040A 44432 |
in space
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Joint Russian and German high-energy astrophysics observatory carrying a German x-ray telescope to map galaxy clusters, and a Russian x-ray telescope to search for supermassive black holes. Arrived L-2 2019 Oct 21. |
Halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L-2 Lagrange Point | | DM-3 rocket stage 2019-040B 44433 |
in space
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Launched Spektr RG. |
In heliocentric orbit | |
2019-041 Soyuz FG Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Jul 20, 16:28 |
Soyuz MS-13 2019-041A 44437 |
in space
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Carrying crew to ISS - Alexandr Skortsov (Roscosmos), Luca Parmatiano (ESA) and Andrew Morgan (NASA). Precise launch time 16:28:21 UTC. Docked with the aft port of Zvezda Jul 20 at 22:47:50 UTC. Undocked, carrying its original crew, Aug 26 at 03:35 UTC and re-docked under manual control with the Poisk module at 03:59 UTC in order to allow Soyuz MS-14 to use Zvezda after its aborted docking with Poisk. Will return to Earth 2020 Feb carrying Skortsov, Parmatiano and Christina Koch (NASA). |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 20, 18:31 | 6641 | 0.0009 | 257 | 269 | 89.77 | 51.60 | 72 | | | 2019 Jul 20, 21:04 | 6792 | 0.0007 | 409 | 418 | 92.84 | 51.64 | 161 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-041B 44438 |
Re-entered - 2019 Jul 24 Life 4 days
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Launched Soyuz MS-13. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 20, 20:41 | 6577 | 0.0005 | 196 | 202 | 88.47 | 51.61 | 87 | | | |
2019-042 GSLV 3 Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
2019 Jul 24, 09:13 |
Chandrayaan 2 2019-042A 44441 |
Re-entered - 2019 Sep 6 Life 44 days
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Indian lunar orbiter, carried 'Vikram' lunar lander. Used five engine firing starting Jul 24 to raise its orbit before entering Barycentric orbit Aug 13. Retro-fire Aug 20 at 03:32 UTC placed it into lunar orbit. Four further firings lowered the orbit to operational height for release of Vikram on Sep 2. Chandrayaan then began its own lunar exploration mission from orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 24, 05:28 | 29046 | 0.7758 | 133 | 45203 | 821.08 | 21.43 | 179 | | | 2019 Jul 26, 15:10 | 33860 | 0.8057 | 202 | 54762 | 1033.47 | 21.42 | 181 | | | 2019 Aug 01, 20:31 | 42280 | 0.8409 | 348 | 71456 | 1442.00 | 21.06 | 183 | | | 2019 Aug 06, 09:36 | 51042 | 0.8699 | 264 | 89064 | 1912.72 | 21.56 | 185 | | | 2019 Aug 13, 21:07 | 78528 | 0.9148 | 313 | 143986 | 3650.00 | 21.67 | 186 | | | 2019 Aug 18, 00:00 | 208216 | 0.9751 | -1201 | 404877 | 15759.08 | 21.81 | 184 | | | | Vikram Lunar Lander |
in space
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Indian lunar landing vehicle carrying 'Pragyan' lunar rover. Separated from Chandrayaan 2 Sep 2 at 0745 UTC. Three retro-firings Sep 3 at 03:20 UTC and 22:12 UTC, and Sep 6 at 20:08 UTC set it on course for landing but it crashed on the lunar surface at 20:23 UTC. |
Impacted on the Moon | | GSLV upper stage 2019-042B 44442 |
Re-entered - 2019 Oct 16 Life 84 days
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Launched Chandrayaan 2. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 24, 23:02 | 29034 | 0.7753 | 145 | 45167 | 820.57 | 21.41 | 180 | | | |
2019-043 Hyperbola 1 Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Jul 25, 05:00 |
CAS 7B + BP-1B (China Amateur radio Satellite) 2019-043A 44443 |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 6 Life 12 days
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1.5U Cubesat - combined payload consisting of an amateur radio transponder package and telemetry transmitter (CAS-7B) and a balloon experiment to increase air drag and accelerate orbit decay (BP-1B). |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 25, 15:38 | 6668 | 0.0014 | 280 | 299 | 90.31 | 42.72 | 279 | | | | Hyperbola 1 (SQX-1) upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Jul 25 Life <1 day
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Launched CAS-7. Also carried three experimental payloads that remained attached to it alongside two ballast items carrying commercial advertisements. Re-entered soon after releasing satellite and not catalogued. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-044 Falcon 9 v1.2 Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Jul 25, 22:01 |
SpaceX Dragon CRS-18 2019-044A 44446 |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 27 Life 33 days
Returned to Earth |
Carrying a cargo to ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. Captured by the ISS Remote Manipulator System July 27 at 13:11 UTC and attached to the lower port of the Harmony module at 16:01 UTC. Undocked using the RMS Aug 27 at 12:25 UTC. Released 14:59 UTC. Retro-fire led to splashdown at 20:20 UTC in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 km SW of Baja, California.
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epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 26, 00:59 | 6673 | 0.0138 | 203 | 387 | 90.41 | 51.63 | 49 | | | 2019 Jul 26, 23:34 | 6666 | 0.0127 | 203 | 373 | 90.28 | 51.64 | 53 | | | 2019 Jul 27, 05:34 | 6664 | 0.0126 | 203 | 370 | 90.24 | 51.65 | 54 | | | 2019 Jul 27, 13:31 | 6792 | 0.0006 | 409 | 418 | 92.84 | 51.64 | 184 | | | 2019 Aug 27, 12:22 | 6794 | 0.0008 | 410 | 421 | 92.88 | 51.64 | 333 | | | 2019 Aug 27, 17:12 | 6784 | 0.0013 | 397 | 414 | 92.67 | 51.65 | 283 | | | | Falcon 9 upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Jul 25 Life <1 day
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Launched Dragon CRS-18. Caused to re-enter soon after releasing payload, not catalogued. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-045 CZ 2C Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Jul 26, 03:57 |
Yaogan-30 13 2019-045A 44449 |
in space
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One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. The three satellites are spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 26, 15:38 | 6975 | 0.0012 | 588 | 605 | 96.62 | 35.00 | 304 | | | 2019 Jul 31, 12:13 | 6985 | 0.0007 | 602 | 611 | 96.82 | 35.00 | 328 | | | 2019 Aug 15, 03:15 | 6977 | 0.0004 | 596 | 602 | 96.67 | 35.00 | 318 | | | | Yaogan-30 15 2019-045C 44451 |
in space
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One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. The three satellites are spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 26, 17:56 | 6975 | 0.0011 | 589 | 604 | 96.61 | 35.00 | 302 | | | 2019 Jul 30, 16:45 | 6967 | 0.0009 | 583 | 595 | 96.45 | 35.00 | 336 | | | 2019 Aug 14, 08:29 | 6977 | 0.0001 | 598 | 600 | 96.67 | 35.00 | 145 | | | | Yaogan-30 14 2019-046B 44450 |
in space
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One of a triplet of simultaneously-launched satellites described as being for "electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests”. That may indicate they are electronic intelligence gathering satellites. The three satellites are spaced at 120º intervals around the orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 26, 17:56 | 6975 | 0.0011 | 589 | 605 | 96.62 | 35.00 | 302 | | | 2019 Jul 29, 18:55 | 6976 | 0.0010 | 591 | 605 | 96.64 | 35.00 | 325 | | | 2019 Aug 12, 00:43 | 6977 | 0.0010 | 592 | 606 | 96.66 | 34.99 | 84 | | | |
2019-046 Soyuz-2 1A + Fregat Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Jul 30, 05:57 |
Meridian 8 (Meridian № 18L) 2019-046A 44453 |
in space
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Military/government communications satellite. Meridian combines the military and civilian tasks of the former Molniya-1 and Molniya-3 satellites, together with the clandestine communications function of the outgoing LEO Parus satellites. The launch appears to have been delayed by 15 minutes late in the countdown. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 01, 14:38 | 26738 | 0.7246 | 985 | 39734 | 725.19 | 62.81 | 270 | | | 2019 Aug 19, 14:00 | 26555 | 0.7225 | 990 | 39364 | 717.76 | 62.79 | 270 | | | | Fregat rocket stage 2019-047B 44454 |
in space
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Launched Meridian 8. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 09, 05:05 | 26575 | 0.7297 | 805 | 39588 | 718.56 | 62.75 | 270 | | | |
2019-047 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Jul 31, 12:10 |
Progress MS-12 (Progress 7K-TGM №442) 2019-047A 44455 |
Re-entered - 2019 Nov 29 Life 121 days
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Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 12:10:46 UTC. Docked with the port on Pirs 2019 Jul 21 at 15:29 UTC. Undocked 2019 Nov 28 at 10:25 UTC. Retro-fire at 13:39 UTC led to destructive re-entry above the southern Pacific Ocean at 14:11 UTC. Any surviving fragments hit the ocean surface about eight minutes later. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 31, 07:53 | 6792 | 0.0006 | 409 | 418 | 92.84 | 51.64 | 199 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-047A 44456 |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 4 Life 4 days
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Launched Progress MS-12. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Jul 31, 22:19 | 6578 | 0.0022 | 185 | 215 | 88.50 | 51.61 | 69 | | | |
2019-048 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Aug 5, 21:56 |
Cosmos 2539 (Blagovest, 14F149 № 14L) 2019-048A 44457 |
in space
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Russian military and civilian communications satellite providing high-speed internet, data communications, television and radio broadcasting, telephony and videoconferencing services. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 13, 23:08 | 42102 | 0.0027 | 35610 | 35837 | 1432.87 | 0.04 | 306 | 63° east | | 2019 Aug 15, 18:13 | 42143 | 0.0021 | 35676 | 35854 | 1435.01 | 0.03 | 309 | 64° east | | 2019 Aug 16, 13:10 | 42158 | 0.0017 | 35707 | 35853 | 1435.74 | 0.03 | 303 | 64° east | | 2019 Aug 21, 07:12 | 42281 | 0.0008 | 35867 | 35938 | 1442.02 | 0.01 | 121 | 60° east | | 2019 Aug 30, 11:19 | 42197 | 0.0006 | 35793 | 35846 | 1437.76 | 0.01 | 326 | 45° east | | 2019 Aug 30, 22:25 | 42179 | 0.0004 | 35785 | 35816 | 1436.81 | 0.01 | 290 | 45° east | | 2019 Aug 31, 04:30 | 42177 | 0.0004 | 35780 | 35818 | 1436.73 | 0.02 | 294 | 45° east | | | Briz-M rocket stage 2019-049B 44458 |
in space
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Launched Cosmos 2539. Orbit raised after releasing the satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 21, 17:56 | 45223 | 0.0712 | 35625 | 42066 | 1595.16 | 0.16 | 157 | | | | Briz-M propellant tank 2019-049C 44459 |
in space
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Auxilliary propellant tank discarded by Briz-M that launched Cosmos 2539. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 17, 17:29 | 24429 | 0.7229 | 390 | 35711 | 633.30 | 48.71 | 3 | | | |
2019-049 Ariane 5ECA Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Aug 6, 19:30 |
EDRS-C (European Data Relay Satellite) 2019-049A 44475 |
in space
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Second satellite in EDRS to provide point to point communications including to/from other satellites including the ISS. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 08, 08:02 | 24400 | 0.7291 | 232 | 35812 | 632.19 | 4.47 | 179 | | | 2019 Aug 13, 09:32 | 39141 | 0.0775 | 29730 | 35797 | 1284.44 | 0.16 | 194 | | | 2019 Aug 14, 07:39 | 40657 | 0.0371 | 32770 | 35787 | 1359.75 | 0.13 | 180 | | | 2019 Aug 16, 04:20 | 42154 | 0.0003 | 35765 | 35787 | 1435.54 | 0.07 | 353 | 18° east | | 2019 Aug 19, 00:57 | 42073 | 0.0008 | 35661 | 35729 | 1431.42 | 0.08 | 195 | 19° east | | 2019 Aug 23, 05:11 | 42141 | 0.0006 | 35738 | 35787 | 1434.89 | 0.10 | 358 | 22° east | | 2019 Aug 25, 20:57 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35784 | 35789 | 1436.09 | 0.09 | 222 | 21° east | | | Intelsat 39 2019-049B 44476 |
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Commercial comsat providing video distribution and broadband connections to customers across Africa, Asia, europe, the Middle East and Asia. Expected location - 29° east to replace Intelsat 902. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 08, 10:58 | 26530 | 0.5889 | 4527 | 35776 | 716.73 | 2.86 | 178 | | | 2019 Aug 10, 02:44 | 30590 | 0.3781 | 12647 | 35776 | 887.41 | 1.55 | 177 | | | 2019 Aug 11, 23:48 | 41078 | 0.0257 | 33645 | 35754 | 1380.92 | 0.38 | 172 | | | 2019 Aug 19, 18:14 | 41266 | 0.0234 | 33923 | 35853 | 1390.43 | 0.38 | 171 | | | 2019 Aug 27, 00:46 | 42199 | 0.0006 | 35794 | 35848 | 1437.86 | 0.11 | 297 | 78° east | | 2019 Aug 29, 14:24 | 42177 | 0.0006 | 35775 | 35822 | 1436.71 | 0.05 | 29 | 55° east | | 2019 Sep 26, 05:05 | 42165 | 0.0001 | 35783 | 35791 | 1436.12 | 0.03 | 49 | 55° east | | 2019 Sep 30, 19:19 | 42095 | 0.0001 | 35713 | 35721 | 1432.53 | 0.04 | 30 | 59° east | | 2019 Oct 04, 20:16 | 42113 | 0.0004 | 35719 | 35752 | 1433.48 | 0.03 | 242 | 62° east | | 2019 Oct 07, 20:24 | 42163 | 0.0001 | 35781 | 35790 | 1436.03 | 0.03 | 105 | 62° east | | | Ariane 5 upper stage 2019-049C 44477 |
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Launched Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 08, 18:39 | 24251 | 0.7280 | 217 | 35528 | 626.40 | 4.55 | 181 | | | |
2019-050 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Aug 6, 23:23 |
Amos 17 2019-050A 44479 |
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Israeli comsat covering Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Expected location - 17° east. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 08, 05:56 | 24354 | 0.7292 | 217 | 35734 | 630.39 | 26.01 | 178 | | | 2019 Aug 10, 14:40 | 25907 | 0.6266 | 3295 | 35763 | 691.65 | 16.69 | 179 | | | 2019 Aug 12, 11:58 | 33372 | 0.2631 | 18214 | 35774 | 1011.20 | 4.02 | 178 | | | 2019 Aug 12, 20:22 | 38964 | 0.0818 | 29399 | 35773 | 1275.71 | 0.95 | 173 | | | 2019 Aug 15, 04:11 | 41705 | 0.0112 | 34861 | 35793 | 1412.68 | 0.09 | 94 | 12° east | | 2019 Aug 15, 17:58 | 42273 | 0.0020 | 35809 | 35979 | 1441.61 | 0.17 | 305 | 14° east | | 2019 Aug 19, 15:00 | 42166 | 0.0002 | 35781 | 35794 | 1436.15 | 0.17 | 292 | 14° east | | | Falcon 9 upper stage 2019-060B 44480 |
in space
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Launched Amos 17. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 08, 02:22 | 24342 | 0.7292 | 214 | 35714 | 629.95 | 26.03 | 178 | | | |
2019-051 Atlas V 551 Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Aug 8, 10:13 |
USA 292 (AEHF 5) 2019-051A 44481 |
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Advanced Extremely High Frequency US military and government communications satellite. Lift- off was 29 minutes into the launch window after a short delay. Separated from the launch vehicle at 15:53 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 09, 15:38 | 31204 | 0.3352 | 14366 | 35287 | 914.29 | 9.99 | 180 | | | 2019 Aug 11, 16:08 | 33218 | 0.2749 | 17709 | 35971 | 1004.22 | 9.48 | 180 | | | 2019 Aug 13, 11:30 | 34686 | 0.2013 | 21327 | 35290 | 1071.51 | 8.63 | 181 | | | 2019 Aug 16, 23:19 | 36458 | 0.1430 | 24865 | 35295 | 1154.65 | 8.15 | 181 | | | 2019 Aug 28, 15:15 | 36812 | 0.1280 | 25723 | 35146 | 1171.52 | 7.91 | 180 | | | 2019 Sep 09, 18:00 | 37412 | 0.1052 | 27098 | 34970 | 1200.27 | 7.71 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 22, 20:51 | 40258 | 0.0492 | 31900 | 35859 | 1339.78 | 6.97 | 182 | | | 2019 Nov 04, 03:15 | 41441 | 0.0365 | 33549 | 36577 | 1399.28 | 6.76 | 186 | | | 2019 Nov 07, 13:09 | 41741 | 0.0322 | 34017 | 36708 | 1414.49 | 6.70 | 185 | 119° west | | 2019 Nov 11, 23:43 | 41997 | 0.0226 | 34670 | 36569 | 1427.55 | 6.59 | 185 | 99° west | | 2019 Nov 22, 22:27 | 42167 | 0.0004 | 35773 | 35804 | 1436.19 | 6.40 | 293 | 94° west | | | TDO Spacecraft 2019-051B 44482 |
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12U Cubesat (4x3) - testbed for orbital debris tracking sensors, possibly for the US Air Force. Separated from launch vehicle at 10:42 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 28, 12:00 | 24124 | 0.7268 | 213 | 35278 | 621.49 | 26.26 | 193 | | | |
2019-052 Jielong 1 Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Aug 17, 04:11 |
Qiancheng 1(?) 2019-052A 44486 |
in space
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Small imaging satellite for remote sensing, particularly for soil moisture monitoring from Qiansheng Exploration Technology Co. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Aug 18, 21:28 | 6924 | 0.0020 | 532 | 559 | 95.56 | 97.61 | 245 | 10:29 | | | Tianqi 2(?) 2019-052B 44487 |
in space
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Message relay satellite from the Guodian Gaoke company. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 18, 21:04 | 6922 | 0.0021 | 529 | 559 | 95.53 | 97.61 | 251 | | | | Xingchidai 5(?) 2019-052C 44488 |
in space
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Small Earth observation satellite owned by Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Technology Co . Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 18, 21:04 | 6923 | 0.0023 | 529 | 560 | 95.54 | 97.61 | 248 | | | | Jielong 1 upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 17 Life <1 day
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Launched group of three satellites. De-orbited |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-053 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Aug 19, 12:03 |
Chinasat 18 2019-053A 44493 |
in space
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Comsat intended for geosynchronous orbit. Problems detected soon after separatation fromthe launch vehicle left it stranded in useless transfer orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 20, 19:12 | 24383 | 0.7292 | 224 | 35785 | 631.50 | 28.40 | 180 | | | | CZ 3B upper stage 2019-054A 44494 |
in space
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Launched Chinasat 18. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 20, 03:38 | 23659 | 0.7230 | 176 | 34387 | 603.62 | 28.41 | 179 | | | |
2019-054 Electron Rocket Lab LC-1, Wairoa, New Zealand |
2019 Aug 19, 12:12 |
BRO-1 (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter 1) 2019-054A 44495 |
in space
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6U Cubesat (3x2) for signal intelligence (SIGINT) reporting, specifically for maritime and airborne traffic. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 21, 17:25 | 6799 | 0.0186 | 295 | 548 | 93.00 | 45.01 | 252 | | | | Pearl White 1 2019-054C 44497 |
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6U Cubesat (3x2) - one of a simultaneousl-launched pair on a demonstration mission for USAF Space Command to test new concepts for power, propulsion, communications and controlling air drag. Aimed at one year lifetime, built by Tiger Innovations, Inc. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 21, 20:25 | 6920 | 0.0012 | 534 | 550 | 95.48 | 45.01 | 283 | | | | Pearl White 2 2019-054D 44498 |
in space
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6U Cubesat (3x2) - one of a simultaneousl-launched pair on a demonstration mission for USAF Space Command to test new concepts for power, propulsion, communications and controlling air drag. Aimed at one year lifetime, built by Tiger Innovations, Inc. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 21, 20:25 | 6919 | 0.0013 | 533 | 550 | 95.47 | 45.01 | 281 | | | | Blacksky Global-4 2019-054E 44499 |
in space
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Commercial multi-spectral Earth imaging satellite from BlackSky Global inc. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Aug 21, 20:26 | 6922 | 0.0010 | 537 | 550 | 95.51 | 45.01 | 285 | | | | Electron kick stage 2019-054B 44496 |
in space
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Launched group of four satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 21, 20:27 | 6923 | 0.0009 | 539 | 550 | 95.54 | 45.01 | 285 | | | | Electron upper stage 2019-054F 44500 |
in space
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Launched group of four satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 26, 20:20 | 6799 | 0.0185 | 295 | 547 | 92.99 | 45.01 | 282 | | | |
2019-055 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Aug 22, 03:38 |
Soyuz MS-14 (Soyuz 11F732A48 № 742) 2019-055A 44504 |
Re-entered - 2019 Sep 6 Life 15 days
Returned to Earth |
Visit to ISS - carried no crew in a test flight with the Soyuz-2 1a launch vehicle. Precise launch time 06:38:31 UTC. Scheduled automatic docking Aug 24 at 05:32 UT with the Pirs module of ISS was called off when a fault was detected in the Kurs rendezvous system aboard Pirs during the approach. Soyuz MS-14 stood off from the ISS while Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan boarded Soyuz MS-13 and relocated the craft from Zvezda to Pirs using manual control. Soyuz MS-14 docked automatically with the rear port of Zvezda Aug 27 at 03:12 UTC. Undocked 2019 Sep 7 at 18:14 UTC. Retro-fire at 20:37 UTC led to landing in Kazakhstan at 21:32 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 22, 05:39 | 6588 | 0.0024 | 194 | 226 | 88.70 | 51.65 | 75 | | | 2019 Aug 23, 12:49 | 6670 | 0.0009 | 286 | 297 | 90.35 | 51.64 | 324 | | | 2019 Aug 24, 03:29 | 6667 | 0.0006 | 285 | 293 | 90.29 | 51.63 | 332 | | | 2019 Aug 24, 09:53 | 6795 | 0.0006 | 413 | 420 | 92.90 | 51.64 | 319 | | | 2019 Aug 26, 11:39 | 6794 | 0.0004 | 414 | 418 | 92.89 | 51.64 | 320 | | | 2019 Aug 28, 09:57 | 6794 | 0.0008 | 410 | 421 | 92.88 | 51.65 | 337 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-055B 44505 |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 26 Life 4 days
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Launched Soyuz-MS-14. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 22, 04:09 | 6584 | 0.0015 | 195 | 216 | 88.61 | 51.65 | 65 | | | |
2019-056 Delta 4 Medium+ (5,2) Rocket Lab LC-1, Wairoa, New Zealand |
2019 Aug 22, 13:06 |
USA 293 (GPS IIIA SV02, Magellan) 2019-056A 44506 |
in space
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Block 3 GPS Navsat. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 23, 03:04 | 17063 | 0.5561 | 1195 | 20174 | 369.69 | 55.01 | 270 | | | 2019 Aug 29, 16:33 | 25325 | 0.0488 | 17712 | 20181 | 668.47 | 55.02 | 270 | | | 2019 Sep 03, 21:36 | 26567 | 0.0002 | 20183 | 20195 | 718.24 | 55.02 | 130 | | | | Delta 4 upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Aug 22 Life <1 day
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Launched USA 296. De-orbited soon after releasing satellite, not catalogued. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-057 Rokot + Briz-KM Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Aug 30, 14:00 |
Cosmos 2540 (Geo-IK-2 № 13/Musson 2-3) 2019-057A 44517 |
in space
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Geodetic satellite, based on the GLONASS-M chassis with equipment including radar altimeter, laser retro reflectors and GLONASS receivers. Final use of Rockot launch vehicle. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Aug 31, 03:31 | 7330 | 0.0009 | 945 | 959 | 104.10 | 99.27 | 316 | 06:01 | | 2019 Sep 20, 12:36 | 7321 | 0.0001 | 943 | 943 | 103.90 | 99.27 | 111 | 06:01 | | | Briz-KM rocket stage 2019-057B 44518 |
in space
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Launched Cosmos 2540 |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 30, 19:18 | 7188 | 0.0202 | 665 | 955 | 101.08 | 99.23 | 257 | | | |
2019-058 Kuaizhou 1A Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Aug 30, 23:41 |
Xiaoxiang-1 07 2019-058A 44519 |
in space
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6U Cubesat fromTianyi Research Institute - testbed for technology involved in air traffic control from orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 31, 21:42 | 6979 | 0.0012 | 593 | 609 | 96.70 | 97.79 | 287 | | | | KX-09 2019-058B 44520 |
in space
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Small satellite from the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducting microgravity research. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 31, 21:41 | 6978 | 0.0011 | 592 | 607 | 96.68 | 97.79 | 291 | | | | Kuaizhou-1A upper stage 2019-058C 44521 |
in space
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Launched Xiaoxiang-1 07 and KX-09. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Aug 31, 17:08 | 6898 | 0.0244 | 351 | 688 | 95.02 | 97.80 | 41 | | | |
2019-059 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Sep 12, 03:26 |
Ziyuan-1 02D 2019-059A 44528 |
in space
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Remote sensing satellite in sun-synchronous orbit. Equipped with a full-color high-resolution multi-spectral camera and a panchromatic camera. Its main tasks include production of images at 1:50,000 scale for use in land resource surveys to monitor disaster prevention measures, disaster mitigation, agriculture, forestry, water conservancy and the environment. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 12, 20:07 | 7121 | 0.0012 | 735 | 752 | 99.68 | 98.58 | 264 | 10:30 | | 2019 Sep 13, 17:39 | 7124 | 0.0009 | 739 | 752 | 99.73 | 98.58 | 267 | 10:30 | | 2019 Sep 15, 05:47 | 7146 | 0.0008 | 762 | 774 | 100.19 | 98.58 | 162 | 10:30 | | 2019 Sep 16, 16:54 | 7152 | 0.0001 | 773 | 775 | 100.33 | 98.58 | 111 | 10:30 | | | Ice Pathfinder (BNU-1) 2019-059B 44529 |
in space
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Small satellite mainly tasked with observing the environmental changes of the Antarctic and Arctic. Carries a multispectral camera; a high-resolution visible-light camera; and an Automatic Identification System AIS) receiver for relaying messages from ships at sea. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 13, 03:48 | 7120 | 0.0012 | 733 | 750 | 99.65 | 98.58 | 269 | | | | Jinniuzuo 1 (Taurus 1) 2019-059C 44530 |
in space
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3U Cubesat from Aerospace System Engineering Research Institute of Shanghai for youth education and amateur radio. Carries an amateur radio payload and is equipped with an experimental solar sail to be deployed later in the mission to accelerate orbit decay. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 13, 12:07 | 7119 | 0.0013 | 732 | 751 | 99.64 | 98.59 | 271 | | | | CZ-4B rocket stage 2019-059D 44531 |
in space
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Launched Ziyun-1 2D and others. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 13, 12:45 | 6974 | 0.0204 | 453 | 738 | 96.60 | 98.68 | 22 | | | |
2019-060 CZ 11 Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Sep 19, 06:42 |
Zhuhai-1 OVS-03 2019-060A 44534 |
in space
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Commercial Chinese Earth observation satellite using high definition video. Data and imagery will be used to study vegetation, water and crops. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 20, 06:05 | 6882 | 0.0013 | 495 | 513 | 94.69 | 97.40 | 277 | 13:00 | | 2019 Oct 20, 04:22 | 6891 | 0.0015 | 502 | 523 | 94.88 | 97.40 | 197 | 12:59 | | | Zhuhai-1 OHS-05 2019-060C 44536 |
in space
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Commercial Chinese Earth observation satellite equipped with high definition, multispectral cameras. Data and imagery will be used to study vegetation, water and crops. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 20, 06:05 | 6882 | 0.0012 | 495 | 512 | 94.69 | 97.40 | 280 | 13:00 | | 2019 Oct 20, 10:26 | 6891 | 0.0011 | 505 | 520 | 94.88 | 97.41 | 193 | 12:59 | | | Zhuhai-1 OHS-06 2019-060D 44537 |
in space
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Commercial Chinese Earth observation satellite equipped with high definition, multispectral cameras. Data and imagery will be used to study vegetation, water and crops. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 20, 06:05 | 6881 | 0.0013 | 494 | 511 | 94.67 | 97.40 | 283 | 13:00 | | 2019 Oct 20, 10:02 | 6891 | 0.0010 | 506 | 520 | 94.88 | 97.40 | 212 | 12:59 | | | Zhuhai-1 OHS-07 2019-060E 44538 |
in space
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Commercial Chinese Earth observation satellite equipped with high definition, multispectral cameras. Data and imagery will be used to study vegetation, water and crops. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 20, 06:04 | 6881 | 0.0014 | 493 | 512 | 94.67 | 97.40 | 282 | 13:00 | | 2019 Oct 20, 09:55 | 6891 | 0.0010 | 506 | 519 | 94.88 | 97.40 | 197 | 12:59 | | | Zhuhai-1 OHS-08 2019-060F 44539 |
in space
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Commercial Chinese Earth observation satellite equipped with high definition, multispectral cameras. Data and imagery will be used to study vegetation, water and crops. Catalogue number and designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 20, 13:41 | 6880 | 0.0015 | 492 | 512 | 94.65 | 97.40 | 286 | 13:00 | | 2019 Oct 20, 01:50 | 6891 | 0.0008 | 507 | 518 | 94.88 | 97.41 | 219 | 12:59 | | | CZ 11 upper stage 2019-060B 44535 |
Re-entered - 2019 Sep 19 Life <1 day
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Launched cluster of Zuhai-1 satellites. Orbit was lowered soon after releasing the satellites in order to precipitate re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 19, 08:03 | 6702 | 0.0345 | 93 | 555 | 91.02 | 97.37 | 311 | | | 2019 Sep 19, 15:37 | 6606 | 0.0191 | 102 | 353 | 89.05 | 97.38 | 310 | | | |
2019-061 CZ 3B + YZ-1 Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Sep 22, 21:10 |
Beidou-3 M-23 2019-061A 44542 |
in space
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Phase 2 operational satellite in MEO for China's navigation satellite system. Launch was brought forward by 24 hrs to avoid forecast bad weather at the launch site. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 24, 18:57 | 28248 | 0.0115 | 21546 | 22194 | 787.47 | 55.03 | 177 | | | 2019 Oct 01, 20:30 | 28205 | 0.0100 | 21547 | 22108 | 785.71 | 55.02 | 176 | | | 2019 Oct 25, 12:15 | 27914 | 0.0007 | 21518 | 21555 | 773.57 | 55.02 | 299 | | | | Beidou-3 M-24 2019-061B 44543 |
in space
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Phase 2 operational satellite in MEO for China's navigation satellite system. Launch was brought forward by 24 hrs to avoid forecast bad weather at the launch site. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 24, 18:53 | 28242 | 0.0116 | 21535 | 22192 | 787.22 | 55.02 | 177 | | | 2019 Sep 28, 18:54 | 28154 | 0.0085 | 21535 | 22016 | 783.54 | 55.02 | 178 | | | 2019 Oct 04, 10:38 | 27906 | 0.0007 | 21507 | 21549 | 773.23 | 55.01 | 288 | | | | YZ-1 rocket stage 2019-061C 44544 |
in space
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Launched pair of Beidou-3 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 23, 14:12 | 28501 | 0.0032 | 22033 | 22213 | 798.08 | 55.14 | 234 | | | | CZ 3B rocket stage 2019-061D 44545 |
in space
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Launched pair of Beidou-3 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 23, 22:23 | 15765 | 0.5825 | 204 | 18569 | 328.32 | 55.02 | 171 | | | |
2019-062 H-IIB Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan |
2019 Sep 24, 16:05 |
Kounotori 8 (HTV-8) 2019-062A 44546 |
Re-entered - 2019 Nov 3 Life 40 days
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Carrying supplies and equipment to ISS. Captured with ISS RMS Sep 28 at 11:13 UTC and docked with the downward-facing port of the ISS Harmony module at 15:08 UTC. Precise launch time 16:05:05 UTC. Postponed from Sep 10 after a fire broke out on the launch pad. Undocked from Harmony Nov 1 at 1345 UTC by ISS RMS under ground control. Released into independent orbit at 17:21 UTC. Final retro-fire Nov 3 at 01:41 led to destructive re-entry at about 02:09 UTC. Any surviving fragments impacted the southern Pacific Ocean some 4500 km east of New Zealand at around 02:30 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 24, 18:55 | 6620 | 0.0112 | 167 | 316 | 89.33 | 51.67 | 321 | | | 2019 Sep 24, 20:25 | 6623 | 0.0085 | 188 | 301 | 89.40 | 51.66 | 313 | | | 2019 Sep 25, 19:12 | 6736 | 0.0010 | 351 | 365 | 91.70 | 51.66 | 278 | | | 2019 Sep 27, 18:42 | 6754 | 0.0016 | 365 | 386 | 92.06 | 51.65 | 191 | | | 2019 Sep 28, 03:52 | 6782 | 0.0006 | 400 | 408 | 92.65 | 51.64 | 88 | | | 2019 Sep 28, 07:16 | 6793 | 0.0006 | 411 | 420 | 92.87 | 51.64 | 94 | | | 2019 Sep 28, 12:46 | 6795 | 0.0007 | 411 | 421 | 92.90 | 51.64 | 93 | | | 2019 Oct 31, 13:30 | 6794 | 0.0006 | 412 | 420 | 92.89 | 51.65 | 210 | | | 2019 Nov 01, 20:20 | 6788 | 0.0006 | 406 | 414 | 92.76 | 51.65 | 215 | | | 2019 Nov 02, 22:52 | 6693 | 0.0087 | 256 | 373 | 90.82 | 51.97 | 286 | | | 2019 Nov 03, 00:26 | 6650 | 0.0191 | 145 | 399 | 89.94 | 51.64 | 296 | | | | H-IIB upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Sep 24 Life <1 day
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Launched Kounotori 8. De-orbited shortly after releasing its payload so not catalogued. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-063 CZ 2D Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Sep 25, 00:54 |
Yunhai-1 2 2019-063A 44547 |
in space
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Meteorological satellite developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) to be used for observation of atmospheric, marine and space environments, disaster prevention and scientific experiments. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Sep 25, 05:57 | 7152 | 0.0009 | 767 | 780 | 100.32 | 98.58 | 269 | 07:10 | | 2019 Sep 30, 10:57 | 7161 | 0.0001 | 782 | 784 | 100.52 | 98.59 | 278 | 07:10 | | | CZ 3B upper stage 2019-063B 44548 |
in space
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Launched Yunhai 1 2. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 26, 08:03 | 7139 | 0.0008 | 755 | 767 | 100.05 | 98.15 | 16 | | | |
2019-064 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Sep 25, 13:57 |
Soyuz MS-15 2019-064A 44550 |
in space
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Carrying crew to ISS - Oleg Skripochka (Roscosmos), Jessica Meir (NASA), Hazza Al Mansouri (UAE spaceflight participant). Precise launch time 13:57:43 UTC. Docked with rear port of Zvezda at 19:42 UTC |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 25, 14:26 | 6583 | 0.0015 | 195 | 215 | 88.59 | 51.64 | 68 | | | 2019 Sep 25, 17:01 | 6736 | 0.0028 | 339 | 377 | 91.70 | 51.66 | 206 | | | 2019 Sep 25, 17:01 | 6795 | 0.0007 | 411 | 421 | 92.90 | 51.64 | 84 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-064B 44551 |
Re-entered - 2019 Sep 28 Life 3 days
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Launched Soyuz MS-15. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 25, 19:40 | 6578 | 0.0008 | 195 | 205 | 88.49 | 51.65 | 40 | | | |
2019-065 Soyuz-2 1B + Fregat-M Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Archangel Region, Russia |
2019 Sep 26, 08:46 |
Cosmos 2541 (EKS 3) 2019-065A 44552 |
in space
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Missile early warning satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Sep 26, 15:51 | 26469 | 0.6969 | 1646 | 38537 | 714.29 | 63.83 | 270 | | | 2019 Oct 08, 07:33 | 26551 | 0.6983 | 1633 | 38712 | 717.59 | 63.84 | 270 | | | | Fregat-M stage 2019-065B 44553 |
in space
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Launched Cosmos 2541. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 02, 08:13 | 26475 | 0.6968 | 1648 | 38545 | 714.51 | 63.82 | 270 | | | |
2019-066 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Oct 4, 18:51 |
Gaofen 10 2019-066A 44622 |
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Remote sensing satellite to be used for land use surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop estimation and disaster prevention/mitigation, part of a remote sensing programme based on LEO and GEO satellites. Replaces the original Gaofen 10 that was lost in a launch failure 2016 Aug 31. An unspecified issue on Oct 2 caused 24 hr launch postponement from Oct 3. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Oct 05, 04:01 | 6995 | 0.0007 | 612 | 622 | 97.04 | 97.78 | 252 | 01:59 | | 2019 Oct 11, 23:54 | 7003 | 0.0004 | 622 | 628 | 97.21 | 97.77 | 16 | 01:59 | | 2019 Oct 13, 03:03 | 7006 | 0.0000 | 628 | 628 | 97.27 | 97.78 | 262 | 01:59 | | | CZ 4C upper stage 2019-066B 44623 |
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Launched Gaofen 10. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 04, 21:30 | 6902 | 0.0129 | 434 | 613 | 95.10 | 97.75 | 39 | | | |
2019-067 Proton-M + Briz-M Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Oct 9, 10:17 |
Eutelsat 5 West B 2019-067A 44624 |
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Comsat to join Eutelsat 5 West A and eventually take over its functions. Coverage is aimed at France, Italy and Algeria. Satellite includes GEO 3, an EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) to improve the precision of ESA's Galileo navigation system for users needing very accurate position information. Precise launch time 10:17:56 UTC. Released from the launch vehicle Oct 10 at 01:53 UTC. Oct 24, Eutelsat revealed an unspecified problem with one of the solar arrays (probably not having deployed fully, if at all). Expected location - 5° west. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Oct 10, 15:21 | 44913 | 0.5910 | 11989 | 65080 | 1578.75 | 13.36 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 14, 10:25 | 53994 | 0.3193 | 30374 | 64857 | 2081.00 | 3.36 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 18, 15:00 | 56748 | 0.2552 | 35888 | 64852 | 2242.28 | 1.99 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 19, 23:13 | 47728 | 0.1151 | 35855 | 46846 | 1729.52 | 0.97 | 178 | | | 2019 Oct 21, 13:56 | 43726 | 0.0345 | 35842 | 38855 | 1516.61 | 0.28 | 174 | | | 2019 Oct 22, 09:42 | 42234 | 0.0005 | 35834 | 35878 | 1439.63 | 0.03 | 102 | 4° east | | 2019 Oct 28, 14:44 | 42164 | 0.0001 | 35781 | 35792 | 1436.07 | 0.01 | 232 | 2° east | | | MEV-1 (Mission Extension Vehicle) 2019-067B 44625 |
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Northrop Grumman spacecraft - planned to rendezvous and attach itself to the Intelsat 901 comsat (28624/2001-024A), currently in geosynchronous orbit at 29° east, and take over its pointing and station-keeping functions in order to extend its on-orbit life by five years. May then move to another satellite. Precise launch time 10:17:56 UTC. Released from the launch vehicle Oct 10 at 02:11 UTC. Expected to reach near-geosynchronous orbit after about 3.5 months' operation of its onboard electric thruster system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Oct 10, 15:18 | 44842 | 0.5906 | 11979 | 64948 | 1575.01 | 13.39 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 14, 11:02 | 46021 | 0.5479 | 14429 | 64857 | 1637.57 | 9.81 | 179 | | | 2019 Nov 22, 20:00 | 45425 | 0.3862 | 21505 | 56589 | 1605.84 | 5.20 | 188 | | | 2019 Nov 26, 11:14 | 45439 | 0.3863 | 21510 | 56613 | 1606.60 | 5.21 | 189 | | | 2019 Dec 10, 18:56 | 44983 | 0.2908 | 25525 | 51684 | 1582.44 | 3.61 | 197 | | | | Briz-M rocket stage 2019-067C 44626 |
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Launched Eutelsat 5 West B and MEV-1. Performed a separation manoeuvre after releasing MEV-1. Orbits shown are estimates based on data from Khrunichev, the launch vehicle operator, covering the stages of flight leading up to satellite separation. Catalogue Number and Designation to be confirmed. Space-Track orbit data awaited. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 09, 10:33 | 6567 | 0.0012 | 181 | 197 | 88.27 | 51.55 | 80 | | | 2019 Oct 09, 12:28 | 9531 | 0.2995 | 298 | 6007 | 154.33 | 50.40 | 179 | | | 2019 Oct 09, 15:02 | 39119 | 0.8251 | 465 | 65016 | 1283.32 | 50.10 | 180 | | | 2019 Oct 10, 01:53 | 45073 | 0.5831 | 12412 | 64977 | 1587.18 | 13.40 | 180 | | | 2019 Oct 10, 04:12 | 43935 | 0.6119 | 10675 | 64438 | 1527.45 | 13.30 | 180 | | | | Briz-M APT 2019-067D 44627 |
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Discarded propellant tank from Briz-M rocket stage. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 09, 18:03 | 16228 | 0.5846 | 363 | 19336 | 342.88 | 50.35 | 173 | | | |
2019-068 Pegasus XL Lockheed L-1011 over Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral AFS, USA |
2019 Oct 11, 01:59 |
ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) 2019-068A 44628 |
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NASA satellite to study the influences of terrestrial weather and space weather on the ionosphere. The L-1011 took off from Cape Canaveral AIr Force Station at 00:31 UTC and climbed to about 12,500 metres. The Pegaus rocket was released thirty four minutes into a ninety minute launch window that opened at 01:25 UTC. The originally planned release at 01:30 UTC was abandoned because of communications dificulties between the aircraft and the ground. Delayed one day from Oct 10 due to weather. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 14, 22:43 | 6971 | 0.0019 | 580 | 606 | 96.54 | 26.99 | 169 | | | | Pegasus upper stage. 2019-068B 44629 |
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Launched ICON. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 14, 22:40 | 6968 | 0.0016 | 579 | 602 | 96.49 | 27.00 | 166 | | | |
2019-069 Electron Rocket Lab LC-1, Wairoa, New Zealand |
2019 Oct 17, 01:22 |
Palisade 2019-069A 44634 |
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Imaging satellite owned by Aquila Systems, built to test systems for upcoming satellites based on its 16U (4x4, non-standard Cubesat) Corvus platform. Released from Electron kick stage at 02:33 UTC. Launch delayed from Oct 14 due to thunderstorms in the launch area. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 17, 20:21 | 7594 | 0.0011 | 1208 | 1224 | 109.77 | 87.90 | 117 | | | | Electron second stage 2019-069B 44635 |
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Launched Palisade satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 17, 18:44 | 7136 | 0.0629 | 309 | 1206 | 99.98 | 87.89 | 272 | | | | Electron kick stage 2019-069C 44636 |
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Launched Palisade satellite. Performed a perigee-lowering engine firing after releasing the satellite into circular orbit. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 18, 13:50 | 7229 | 0.0503 | 487 | 1215 | 101.95 | 87.90 | 24 | | | |
2019-070 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Oct 17, 15:21 |
TJS 4 2019-070A 44637 |
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Described as a technology test satellite, TJS 4 is probably military in nature and intended for signals intelligence gathering (SIGINT). |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Oct 18, 03:45 | 24387 | 0.7303 | 200 | 35818 | 631.68 | 27.03 | 180 | | | 2019 Oct 29, 15:28 | 42166 | 0.0003 | 35775 | 35800 | 1436.14 | 0.09 | 276 | 84° east | | 2019 Nov 09, 02:47 | 42164 | 0.0003 | 35771 | 35800 | 1436.03 | 0.06 | 280 | 84° east | | | CZ 3B upper stage 2019-070B 44638 |
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Launched TJS 4. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Oct 18, 03:41 | 23963 | 0.7256 | 197 | 34973 | 615.27 | 27.01 | 179 | | | |
2019-071 Antares 230 Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA |
2019 Nov 2, 13:59 |
SS Alan Bean (Cygnus NG-12) 2019-071A 44701 |
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Northrop Grumman vehicle carrying supplies to ISS under CRS-2 contract with NASA. Precise launch time 13:59:47 UTC at the beginning of approximately five minute window. Separated from launch vehicle 14:07:36 UTC. Arrived ISS Nov 4 and captured by ISS RMS at 09:10 UTC under control of crew. Docked with downward-facing port of Unity module using RMS under control of ground-based engineers at 11:21 UTC. After departure from ISS 2020 Jan, Cygnus will release a number of Cubesats. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 02, 15:36 | 6637 | 0.0021 | 244 | 273 | 89.68 | 51.62 | 139 | | | 2019 Nov 03, 03:23 | 6726 | 0.0101 | 280 | 416 | 91.50 | 51.64 | 239 | | | 2019 Nov 03, 11:09 | 6775 | 0.0028 | 378 | 416 | 92.50 | 51.64 | 243 | | | 2019 Nov 04, 05:34 | 6790 | 0.0006 | 408 | 416 | 92.81 | 51.65 | 214 | | | | Antares upper stage 2019-071B 44702 |
Re-entered - 2019 Nov 7 Life 5 days
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Launched SS Alan Bean. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 02, 15:36 | 6600 | 0.0053 | 187 | 257 | 88.94 | 51.63 | 125 | | | |
2019-072 CZ 4B Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 3, 03:22 |
Gaofen 7 2019-072A 44703 |
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Civilian high resolution stereoscopic Earth imaging satellite for mapping. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Nov 04, 23:00 | 6875 | 0.0013 | 488 | 506 | 94.55 | 97.49 | 266 | 10:31 | | 2019 Nov 30, 19:25 | 6880 | 0.0011 | 495 | 510 | 94.66 | 97.49 | 155 | 10:32 | | | SRSS 1 (Sudanese Remote Sensing Satellite) 2019-072B 44704 |
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Small satellite developed for the Sudanese government by the Shenzhen Aerospace Oriental Red Sea Satellite Co. Designed for both civil and military remote sensing mainly over Sudan. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 05, 21:35 | 6873 | 0.0013 | 486 | 504 | 94.52 | 97.50 | 268 | | | | Huangpu 1 2019-072C 44705 |
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Small developmental/test satellite for remote sensing built by the Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 04, 11:00 | 6873 | 0.0014 | 485 | 505 | 94.51 | 97.48 | 277 | | | | Xiaoxiang-1 08 2019-072D 44706 |
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6U Cubesat from Tianyi Research Institute - testbed for multispectral remote sensing imaging system for agricultural crop surveys. Also carries a laser communication system and a cold gas thruster to speed up orbital decay at end of life. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 04, 11:00 | 6873 | 0.0016 | 484 | 506 | 94.52 | 97.49 | 268 | | | | CZ-4B upper stage 2019-072E 44707 |
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Launched Gaofen 7. Performed an orbit-lowering engine firing after releasing its satellites in order to accelerate re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 03, 09:00 | 6738 | 0.0196 | 228 | 492 | 91.75 | 97.59 | 28 | | | |
2019-073 CZ 3B Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 4, 17:43 |
Beidou-3 IGEO-3 2019-073A 44709 |
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Phase 2 operational satellite in China's navigation satellite system. It also provides time and messaging services for the Asia-Pacific region from inclined geosynchronous orbit. Probably moved into geosynchronous drift orbit some time on Nov 5 and arrived on station shortly after. Launch completes the IGEO part of the Beidou-3 constellation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Nov 04, 23:24 | 24384 | 0.7309 | 184 | 35828 | 631.57 | 28.51 | 180 | | | 2019 Nov 22, 20:40 | 42159 | 0.0025 | 35675 | 35888 | 1435.81 | 58.70 | 184 | 106° east | | | CZ 3B upper stage 2019-073B 44710 |
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Launched Beidou-3 IGEO-3. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 04, 20:52 | 23652 | 0.7239 | 152 | 34396 | 603.33 | 28.50 | 179 | | | |
2019-074 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Nov 11, 14:56 |
Starlink 2019-074A 44713 |
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One member of a cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX. Separated from the launch vehicle around 15:57 UTC.
All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 300 km altitude.
As of 2019 Nov 28, forty satellites had reached approx 350 km through use of an onboard ion thruster. The target is 550 km. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 14, 22:00 | 6678 | 0.0001 | 299 | 300 | 90.51 | 53.01 | 326 | | | 2019 Nov 28, 12:00 | 6728 | 0.0001 | 349 | 351 | 91.53 | 53.01 | 46 | | | | Starlink 2019-074AL 44747 |
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One member of a cluster of sixty LEO Broadband communications satellites from SpaceX. Separated from the launch vehicle around 15:57 UTC.
All satellites were injected initially into similar orbits at 300 km altitude.
As of 2019 Nov 28, twenty satellites had reached approx 375 km through use of an onboard ion thruster. The target is 550 km. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 14, 22:00 | 6676 | 0.0004 | 295 | 300 | 90.47 | 53.00 | 300 | | | 2019 Nov 28, 12:00 | 6752 | 0.0001 | 373 | 375 | 92.02 | 53.01 | 54 | | | | Falcon 9 upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Nov 11 Life <1 day
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Launched cluster of Starlink satellites. Not catalogued - retro-fire caused destructive re-entry above the Indian Ocean about two hours, 1.5 circuits, after launch. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-075 Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 13, 03:40 |
Jilin-1 High Resolution 02A 2019-075A 44777 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. Launch postponed from Oct 27 (weather) and Oct 29 (problem with launch vehicle guidance system). |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Nov 13, 13:12 | 6917 | 0.0011 | 532 | 546 | 95.42 | 97.54 | 263 | 10:00 | | | Kuaizhou-1A upper stage 2019-075B 44778 |
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Launched Jilin-1 02A. Performed a retro-fire after releasing the satellite in order to speed up re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 13, 06:23 | 6765 | 0.0362 | 142 | 631 | 92.29 | 97.50 | 25 | | | |
2019-076 CZ 6 Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 13, 06:35 |
Ningxia-1 01 (Zhongzi 1) 2019-076A 44779 |
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One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor radio traffic from ships and aircraft over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 14, 11:13 | 7271 | 0.0008 | 887 | 899 | 102.84 | 45.00 | 257 | | | | Ningxia-1 02 (Zhongzi 2) 2019-076B 44780 |
in space
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One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor radio traffic from ships and aircraft over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 13, 23:13 | 7271 | 0.0008 | 887 | 899 | 102.84 | 45.01 | 254 | | | 2019 Nov 20, 21:19 | 7270 | 0.0009 | 885 | 899 | 102.81 | 45.01 | 285 | | | | Ningxia-1 03 (Zhongzi 3) 2019-076C 44781 |
in space
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One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor radio traffic from ships and aircraft over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 13, 23:13 | 7270 | 0.0009 | 886 | 899 | 102.82 | 45.00 | 263 | | | 2019 Nov 19, 00:46 | 7269 | 0.0011 | 882 | 898 | 102.79 | 45.00 | 274 | | | | Ningxia-1 04 (Zhongzi 4) 2019-076D 44782 |
in space
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One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor radio traffic from ships and aircraft over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 13, 11:48 | 7270 | 0.0010 | 885 | 899 | 102.81 | 45.01 | 272 | | | 2019 Nov 20, 04:08 | 7267 | 0.0012 | 880 | 898 | 102.76 | 45.01 | 283 | | | | Ningxia-1 05 (Zhongzi 5) 2019-076E 44783 |
in space
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One of a cluster of five similar satellites. Described as a "commercial electromagnetic signal monitoring satellite", it is probably designed to monitor radio traffic from ships and aircraft over uninhabited or offshore areas. Built by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 13, 21:30 | 7269 | 0.0009 | 884 | 898 | 102.79 | 45.00 | 277 | | | 2019 Nov 17, 21:20 | 7266 | 0.0012 | 879 | 896 | 102.73 | 45.01 | 292 | | | | CZ 6 upper stage 2019-076F 44784 |
in space
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Launched group of five Ningxia-1 satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 14, 12:34 | 7212 | 0.0089 | 770 | 898 | 101.59 | 45.01 | 8 | | | |
2019-077 Kuaizhou 1A Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 17, 10:00 |
KL-alpha A 2019-077A 44785 |
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One of a pair of proof-of-concept satellites for a multi-media communications system. Built by the Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be operated by a German company, KLEO Connect, that has the contract to provide demonstrator satellites for the proposed "eightyLEO" constellation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 17, 18:11 | 7429 | 0.0009 | 1044 | 1058 | 106.21 | 88.91 | 275 | | | | KL-alpha B 2019-077B 44786 |
in space
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One of a pair of proof-of-concept satellites for a multi-media communications system. Built by the Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be operated by a German company, KLEO Connect, that has the contract to provide demonstrator satellites for the proposed "eightyLEO" constellation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 17, 18:27 | 7617 | 0.0254 | 1045 | 1432 | 110.26 | 88.91 | 309 | | | | Kuaizhou-1A upper stage 2019-077C 44787 |
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Launched KL-alpha pair. Performed retro-fire soon after releasing satellites in order to hasten re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 17, 21:01 | 7097 | 0.0546 | 331 | 1106 | 99.16 | 88.88 | 185 | | | |
  JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Nov 20, 09:50 |
RwaSat 1998-067QV 44790 |
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3U Cubesat from Rwanda, built with assistance from Japan. It carries a store and forward messaging system and Earth observation cameras. Release time shown is as planned - actual time not confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 21, 19:53 | 6793 | 0.0009 | 409 | 420 | 92.86 | 51.64 | 327 | | | |
  JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Nov 20, 10:09 |
AqT-D (Aqua Thruster - Demonstrator) 1998-067QW 44791 |
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3U Cubesat from the University of Tokyo to demonstrate water as a propellant for satellite thrusters. Release time shown is as planned - actual time not known. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 21, 07:50 | 6793 | 0.0003 | 413 | 416 | 92.86 | 51.64 | 310 | | | |
  JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer International Space Station, on orbit |
2019 Nov 20, 10:10 |
NARSSCube 1 1998-067QX 44792 |
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1U Cubesat from Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and equipped with an Earth observation camera. Release time shown is as planned - actual time not confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 21, 10:55 | 6793 | 0.0005 | 412 | 419 | 92.87 | 51.64 | 327 | | | |
2019-078 CZ 3B + YZ-1 Xichang Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 23, 00:55 |
Beidou-3 M-21 2019-078A 44793 |
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Phase 2 operational satellite in MEO for China's navigation satellite system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 29, 05:24 | 28247 | 0.0115 | 21542 | 22194 | 787.42 | 54.99 | 178 | | | | Beidou-3 M-22 2019-078B 44794 |
in space
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Phase 2 operational satellite in MEO for China's navigation satellite system. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 25, 03:21 | 28243 | 0.0116 | 21537 | 22192 | 787.26 | 54.99 | 178 | | | | YZ-1 rocket stage 2019-078C 44795 |
in space
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Launched Beidou-3 M-21 and Beidou-3 M-22. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 23, 07:12 | 28737 | 0.0058 | 22193 | 22526 | 808.03 | 55.15 | 359 | | | | CZ 3B upper stage 2019-078D 44796 |
in space
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Launched Beidou-3 M-21 and Beidou-3 M-22. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 23, 04:16 | 15744 | 0.5819 | 204 | 18527 | 327.65 | 54.96 | 171 | | | |
2019-079 Soyuz-2 1V Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Archangel Region, Russia |
2019 Nov 25, 17:52 |
Cosmos 2542 2019-079A 44797 |
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Military satellite with sensors that allow it to observe other satellites in orbit. It also carries an Earth imaging system. Orbit is very close to, and co-planar with, that of USA 245 (39232/2013-043A), a KH-11 reconsat. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Nov 26, 04:49 | 6991 | 0.0349 | 369 | 857 | 96.95 | 97.90 | 320 | 09:40 | | | Cosmos (2543?) 2019-079D 44835 |
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Small satellite detached from Cosmos 2542 on Dec 6 probably sometime between 04:00 UTC and 10:00 UTC. Purpose possibly connected with the 'observing other satellites' capability mentioned in the launch announcement for Cosmos 2542. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 13:49 | 6991 | 0.0351 | 368 | 858 | 96.95 | 97.90 | 286 | | | 2019 Dec 09, 16:11 | 6993 | 0.0347 | 372 | 858 | 96.99 | 97.90 | 276 | | | | Volga rocket stage 2019-079B 44798 |
Re-entered - 2019 Nov 26 Life 1 day
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Launched Cosmos 2542. Caused to re-enter over the southern Pacific Ocean Nov 26 with retro-fire at approx 05:30 UTC and entry into the atmosphere at about 06:10 UTC on a track heading northward from Antarctica. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 26, 04:49 | 6992 | 0.0352 | 368 | 860 | 96.98 | 97.90 | 320 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-079C 44799 |
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Launched Cosmos 2542. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 26, 05:50 | 6704 | 0.0056 | 289 | 364 | 91.06 | 97.91 | 67 | | | |
2019-080 Ariane 5 ECA (VA-250) Centre Spatiale Guyanaise, French Guiana |
2019 Nov 26, 21:23 |
TIBA 1 2019-080A 44800 |
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Egyptian government and military communications satellite. Separated from launch vehicle at 21:50 UTC. Launch postponed from Nov 22 by problem with ground equipment then delayed 14 mins by weather. Expected location - 35°.5 east. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Nov 27, 00:08 | 24392 | 0.7276 | 266 | 35763 | 631.88 | 5.00 | 178 | | | 2019 Dec 02, 03:09 | 36448 | 0.1556 | 24401 | 35740 | 1154.19 | 0.51 | 173 | | | 2019 Dec 07, 22:30 | 42154 | 0.0009 | 35737 | 35814 | 1435.54 | 0.07 | 254 | 36° east | | 2019 Dec 08, 04:19 | 42163 | 0.0003 | 35774 | 35795 | 1436.00 | 0.07 | 324 | 36° east | | | Inmarsat 5 F5 (GX-5) 2019-080B 44801 |
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High capacity comsat proving services to the Middle East, Europe and the Indian sub-continent. Fifth satellite in Intelsat's Global Express constellation. Separated from launch vehicle at 22:07 UTC. Launch postponed from Nov 22 by problem with ground equipment then delayed 14 mins by weather. Expected location - 11° east. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | GEO Longitude | |
2019 Nov 27, 13:40 | 24365 | 0.7277 | 256 | 35719 | 630.84 | 5.00 | 178 | | | 2019 Dec 03, 15:56 | 42059 | 0.0001 | 35677 | 35685 | 1430.70 | 0.08 | 128 | 80° east | | 2019 Dec 05, 22:36 | 42086 | 0.0004 | 35690 | 35725 | 1432.05 | 0.08 | 262 | 83° east | | 2019 Dec 08, 07:45 | 42156 | 0.0012 | 35728 | 35828 | 1435.66 | 0.07 | 104 | 84° east | | 2019 Dec 10, 16:54 | 42164 | 0.0000 | 35786 | 35786 | 1436.08 | 0.07 | 45 | 84° east | | | Ariane 5 upper stage 2019-080C 44802 |
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Launched TIBA 1 and Eutelsat 5 F5. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 26, 23:59 | 24256 | 0.7266 | 252 | 35503 | 626.59 | 5.06 | 179 | | | |
2019-081 PSLV XL (C-47) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
2019 Nov 27, 03:58 |
Cartosat 3 2019-081A 44804 |
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Indian third generation high resolution imaging cartographic and remote sensing satellite. Separated from launch vehicle at 04:15 UTC. Catalogue Number and Designation subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Nov 27, 11:38 | 6888 | 0.0014 | 500 | 519 | 94.82 | 97.52 | 232 | 09:29 | | | Meshbed 2019-081C 44806 |
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3U Cubesat from Analytical Space Inc, testing its FUSE experimental phased array communication antenna. Catalogue Number and Designation awaited. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 28, 23:35 | 6887 | 0.0013 | 500 | 518 | 94.79 | 97.52 | 235 | | | | Flock 4P-1 2019-081L 44814 |
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3U Cubesat, part of Planet's Flock 4P cluster of second generation imaging satellites. Catalogue Number and Designation awaited.
The satellite is one of a cluster of twelve Flock 4P satellites carried on this launch. In order to avoid clutter the others are not listed separately. All are are in similar orbits. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 29, 12:13 | 6885 | 0.0013 | 498 | 516 | 94.77 | 97.52 | 215 | | | | PSLV upper stage 2019-081B 44805 |
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Launched Cartosat 3 and thirteen small satellites. Catalogue Number, Designation and orbit to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 27, 06:53 | 6908 | 0.0046 | 498 | 561 | 95.23 | 97.51 | 239 | | | |
2019-082 CZ 4C Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Nov 27, 23:52 |
Gaofen 12 2019-082A 44819 |
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Earth observation using radar to support land surveys, crop management, urban and road network planning. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Nov 28, 04:09 | 6975 | 0.0004 | 594 | 599 | 96.62 | 97.93 | 252 | 07:00 | | 2019 Nov 29, 13:10 | 6993 | 0.0002 | 613 | 616 | 96.99 | 97.93 | 172 | 07:00 | | 2019 Nov 30, 13:16 | 7003 | 0.0004 | 623 | 628 | 97.21 | 97.94 | 349 | 07:00 | | 2019 Dec 01, 19:29 | 7007 | 0.0001 | 628 | 630 | 97.28 | 97.93 | 74 | 07:00 | | | CZ 4C upper stage 2019-082B 44820 |
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Launched Gaofen 12. Performed a separation manoeuvre and moved into a slightly lower orbit after satellite release. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Nov 28, 04:05 | 6884 | 0.0128 | 418 | 594 | 94.74 | 97.88 | 44 | | | |
2019-083 Falcon 9 Block 5 Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA |
2019 Dec 5, 17:29 |
SpaceX Dragon CRS-19 2019-083A 44821 |
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Supplies to ISS. Captured by ISS Remote Manipulator System under manual control Dec 8 at 10:05 UTC. Docked, using the RMS under ground control, with the downward-facing port of the Harmony node at 12:47 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 05, 23:30 | 6669 | 0.0130 | 204 | 378 | 90.34 | 51.65 | 49 | | | 2019 Dec 07, 04:37 | 6668 | 0.0134 | 201 | 379 | 90.32 | 51.65 | 54 | | | 2019 Dec 07, 21:17 | 6784 | 0.0013 | 397 | 415 | 92.68 | 51.64 | 13 | | | 2019 Dec 08, 14:18 | 6795 | 0.0007 | 411 | 422 | 92.90 | 51.64 | 12 | | | | Falcon 9 upper stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Dec 5 Life <1 day
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Launched Dragon CRS-19. Initiated destructive re-entry above Indian Ocean around 22:35 UTC on day of launch after about 3.5 circuits of the Earth. Not formally catalogued. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
estimated orbit | 6672 | 0.0132 | 206 | 382 | 90.39 | 51.65 | 49 | | | |
2019-084 Electron Rocket Lab LC-1, Wairoa, New Zealand |
2019 Dec 6, 08:18 |
ALE 2 (Astro Live Experiences 2) 2019-084A 44824 |
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Satellite aimed to create 400 artificial meteors in a selection of colours (white, green, pink and orange) partly as performance art. The satellite includes a propulsion system for maneuvers. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 11:02 | 6784 | 0.0013 | 397 | 415 | 92.69 | 97.01 | 307 | | | | NOOR 1B 2019-084D 44827 |
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Satellite from Stara Space to demonstrate LEO-to-LEO intersatellite link technology, including on-demand provision of communication links to ground stations. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 07, 04:56 | 6754 | 0.0041 | 348 | 403 | 92.06 | 97.00 | 254 | | | | NOOR 1A 2019-084E 44828 |
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Satellite from Stara Space to demonstrate LEO-to-LEO intersatellite link technology, including on-demand provision of communication links to ground stations. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 19:43 | 6753 | 0.0040 | 348 | 402 | 92.05 | 97.00 | 256 | | | | ATL 1 (Advanced Technology of Laser) 2019-084F 44829 |
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Small satellite from Advanced Technology of Laser from Hungary designed to test a new thermal isolation material in space, conduct a thermal insulator material experiment, and DVB-T band spectrum monitoring. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 21:20 | 6753 | 0.0040 | 348 | 401 | 92.04 | 97.00 | 254 | | | | SMOG-P 2019-084G 44830 |
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Spectrum monitoring payload built by students at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary. It features a radio spectrum analyzer to measure man-made electromagnetic pollution from space. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 21:20 | 6753 | 0.0041 | 347 | 402 | 92.04 | 97.01 | 255 | | | | Fossasat 1 2019-084H 44831 |
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Small satellite developed by Spain's Fossa Systems - communications satellite that uses low power RF to provide internet connectivity. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 21:19 | 6753 | 0.0037 | 350 | 399 | 92.04 | 97.01 | 251 | | | | TRSI Sat 2019-084J 44832 |
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Small satellite conducting tests on decoding weak signals and testing a very small satellite transmit/receive aerial. Catalogue number, designation and orbit subject to confirmation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 21:19 | 6752 | 0.0039 | 348 | 401 | 92.03 | 97.00 | 253 | | | | Electron kick stage 2019-084B 44825 |
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Launched cluster of satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 16:39 | 6755 | 0.0051 | 342 | 412 | 92.09 | 97.00 | 257 | | | | Electron second stage 2019-084C 44826 |
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Launched cluster of satellites. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 10:52 | 6672 | 0.0172 | 180 | 409 | 90.40 | 97.01 | 225 | | | |
2019-085 Soyuz-2 1A Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
2019 Dec 6, 09:34 |
Progress MS-13 2019-085A 44833 |
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Supplies to ISS. Precise launch time 09:34:11 UTC. Docked automatically with Pirs module of ISS Dec 9 at 10:35:11 UTC, about 3 min earlier than scheduled. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 17:07 | 6697 | 0.0008 | 313 | 324 | 90.90 | 51.63 | 25 | | | 2019 Dec 06, 21:23 | 6699 | 0.0012 | 312 | 329 | 90.94 | 51.64 | 17 | | | 2019 Dec 08, 12:45 | 6704 | 0.0020 | 312 | 339 | 91.04 | 51.65 | 21 | | | 2019 Dec 09, 13:27 | 6795 | 0.0007 | 411 | 421 | 92.90 | 51.64 | 17 | | | | Soyuz upper stage 2019-085B 44834 |
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Launched Progress MS-13. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 06, 18:41 | 6581 | 0.0024 | 187 | 219 | 88.55 | 51.66 | 77 | | | |
2019-086 Kuaizhou-1A Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Dec 7, 02:55 |
Jilin-1 High Resolution 02B 2019-086A 44836 |
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Chinese high resolution, multi-spectral imaging satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Dec 07, 04:21 | 6916 | 0.0010 | 531 | 544 | 95.39 | 97.54 | 267 | 10:01 | | | Kuaizhou-1A upper stage 2019-086B 44837 |
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Launched Jilin-1 02B. Orbit perigee lowered after releasing the satellite in order to speed up re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 07, 05:54 | 6850 | 0.0416 | 187 | 756 | 94.03 | 97.52 | 158 | | | |
2019-087 Kuaizhou 1A Taiyuan Space Centre, China |
2019 Dec 7, 08:52 |
Head-2 A 2019-087A 44838 |
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Application satellite from Head Aerospace in the Skywalker constellation, precise mission to be determined. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 07, 11:50 | 6881 | 0.0012 | 495 | 511 | 94.68 | 97.37 | 268 | | | | Head-2 B 2019-087B 44839 |
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Application satellite from Head Aerospace in the Skywalker constellation, precise mission to be determined. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 07, 17:47 | 6881 | 0.0011 | 495 | 511 | 94.68 | 97.37 | 265 | | | | Tianyi 16 2019-087C 44840 |
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Medium resolution optical Earth-imaging satellite. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Dec 07, 11:49 | 6880 | 0.0010 | 496 | 509 | 94.66 | 97.38 | 268 | 16:00 | | | Tianyi 17 2019-087D 44841 |
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Medium resolution optical Earth-imaging satellite. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | desc node local time | |
2019 Dec 07, 17:47 | 6880 | 0.0009 | 496 | 508 | 94.66 | 97.37 | 260 | 16:00 | | | Tianqi-4 A 2019-087E 44842 |
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Broadband comsat providing links between Internet-connected items. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 08, 15:53 | 6880 | 0.0011 | 495 | 509 | 94.66 | 97.37 | 267 | | | | Tianqi-4 B 2019-087F 44843 |
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Broadband comsat providing links between Internet-connected items. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed, |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 08, 15:53 | 6880 | 0.0011 | 494 | 510 | 94.66 | 97.37 | 272 | | | | Kuaizhou-1A upper stage 2019-087G 44844 |
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Launched group of six satellites. Orbit perigee lowered after releasing the satellite in order to speed up re-entry. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 07, 22:57 | 7049 | 0.0657 | 208 | 1134 | 98.17 | 97.38 | 341 | | | |
2019-088 Soyuz-2 1B + Fregat-M Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Archangel Region, Russia |
2019 Dec 11, 08:54 |
Cosmos (2544?) (Uragan-M) 2019-088A 44850 |
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GLONASS-M navigation satellite to fill a space in the constellation. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 15:17 | 25516 | 0.0005 | 19126 | 19150 | 676.05 | 64.84 | 264 | | | | Volga rocket stage 2019-088B 44851 |
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Launched Cosmos (2544?). Separated from Soyuz upper stage and entered LEO at 09:04 UTC. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 15:23 | 25708 | 0.0071 | 19147 | 19513 | 683.70 | 64.81 | 62 | | | | Soyuz third stage |
Re-entered - 2019 Dec 11 Life <1 day
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Launched Cosmos (2544?). Re-entered over southern Pacific Ocean south-east of New Zealand about 55 minutes after launch. Sub-orbital trajectory, not catalogued. |
Orbit parameters not available | |
2019-089 PSLV C-48 (QL version) Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
2019 Dec 11, 09:55 |
RISat 2BR1 (Radar Imaging Satellite) 2019-089A 44852 |
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Indian remote sensing satellite equipped with an imaging radar. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 17:18 | 6947 | 0.0007 | 564 | 574 | 96.04 | 36.96 | 344 | | | | Isanagi (QPS-SAR) 2019-089B 44853 |
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Japanese radar-carrying Earth observation satellite from the qPS institute. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 17:18 | 6948 | 0.0007 | 564 | 574 | 96.05 | 36.97 | 337 | | | | CommTrail 2019-089C 44854 |
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3U Cubesat with radio systems covering emergency frequencies. To be used in connection with search and rescue operations. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 17:18 | 6948 | 0.0009 | 564 | 577 | 96.07 | 36.97 | 326 | | | | Tyvak-0129 2019-089D 44855 |
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3U Cubesat - Technology demonstrator for communications systems to be used in future satellite design. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. Name is the manufacturer reference number, true name awaited. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 17:18 | 6949 | 0.0007 | 566 | 576 | 96.09 | 36.97 | 314 | | | | Duchifat 3 2019-089E 44856 |
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3U Cubesat for remote sensing, developed by students of the Herzliya Science Centre Space Laboratory, Israel. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 17:18 | 6951 | 0.0007 | 567 | 578 | 96.12 | 36.96 | 303 | | | | 1HOPSat (First Generation High Optical Performance Satellite) 2019-089F 44857 |
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12U (2x2x3) Cubesat carrying a commercially operated Earth imaging system. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 19:00 | 6951 | 0.0008 | 568 | 578 | 96.13 | 36.97 | 297 | | | | Lemur-2 2019-089G 44858 |
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3U Cubesat - equipped with a receiver for AIS (Automatic Information System) for tracking ships at sea, and a receiver that uses occultation measurements of GPS satellite signals to measure temperature, pressure and humidity profiles in the Earth's atmosphere for weather forecasting. Developed by Spire (formerly Nanosatisfi). Lemur-2 satellites are named after development and support team members. Catalogue number and designation to be confirmed.
One of four Lemur-2 satellites carried on this launch. In order to avoid clutter the others are not listed separately. All are in similar orbits. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 19:03 | 6952 | 0.0008 | 569 | 579 | 96.15 | 36.96 | 280 | | | | PSLV upper stage 2019-089L 44862 |
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Launched RISat 2BR1 and nine small satellites. Orbit perigee lowered after releasing final satellite. |
epoch (UTC) | s-m axis ( km ) | ecc | perigee ( km ) | apogee ( km ) | period ( min ) | incl ( ° ) | ω ( ° ) | | |
2019 Dec 11, 18:47 | 6923 | 0.0037 | 519 | 571 | 95.55 | 36.98 | 98 | | | |
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