ARIANE 40 R/B

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ARIANE 40 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

10126

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ARIANE 40 R/B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: ARIANE 40 R/B

International designator: 1998-017B

Object number (NORAD): 25261

Object ID (CCSDS): 25261

Country: FRANCE (FR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.267 minutes

Inclination: 98.8337 deg

SMA: 7149.314 km

Apoapsis: 773.176 km

Periapsis: 769.181 km

RAAN: 7.7666 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00027941

Argument of periapsis: 331.1339 deg

Mean anomaly: 28.9691 deg

Mean motion: 14.36171216 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000645 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00023724756 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:33 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ARIANE 40 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 25261U 98017B 25346.31466397 .00000645 00000-0 23725-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 25261 98.8337 7.7666 0002794 331.1339 28.9691 14.36171216449164

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ARIANE 40 R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ARIANE 40 R/B.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2025-09-12 19:51:58	0.0002277471	585.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-05-20 13:09:47	0.0001891094	640.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 407	LEO	2025-02-22 20:30:53	0.001656338	51.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 783	LEO	2024-09-17 08:29:14	0.005249115	145.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB	SSO	2024-05-31 03:46:22	0.0001862809	252.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The satellites SPOT 4 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) was a second generation of SPOT earth observation satellite operated by Spot Image.

ARIANE 40 R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 40 | SPOT-4’, on board a Ariane 40 space rocket.

The launch took place on March 24, 1998, 1:46 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 2.

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Ariane 40 | SPOT-4

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 24, 1998, 1:46 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 40

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 2

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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