ARIANE 40 R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ARIANE 40 R/B at a glance.

Uptime

9966

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: 100.28 minutes

Inclination: 98.843 deg

SMA: 7149.936 km

Apoapsis: 775.091 km

Periapsis: 768.51 km

RAAN: 204.2841 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0004602

Argument of periapsis: 72.913 deg

Mean anomaly: 287.2558 deg

Mean motion: 14.35983896 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000306 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012131 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 9:35 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ARIANE 40 R/B

TLE line 1: 1 25261U 98017B 25186.89976578 .00000306 00000-0 12131-3 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 25261 98.8430 204.2841 0004602 72.9130 287.2558 14.35983896426538

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
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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Launch to space Ariane 40 | SPOT-4
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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