UWE-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite UWE-1 at a glance.

Uptime

7303

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.3

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for UWE-1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: UWE-1

International designator: 2005-043C

Object number (NORAD): 28892

Object ID (CCSDS): 28892

Country: GERMANY (GER)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.883 minutes

Inclination: 98.2781 deg

SMA: 7035.575 km

Apoapsis: 666.729 km

Periapsis: 648.15 km

RAAN: 84.741 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00132032

Argument of periapsis: 232.8743 deg

Mean anomaly: 127.1257 deg

Mean motion: 14.7113796 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002775 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00045880167 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 10:56 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 UWE-1

TLE line 1: 1 28892U 05043C 25297.95618637 .00002775 00000-0 45880-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 28892 98.2781 84.7410 0013203 232.8743 127.1257 14.71137960 67162

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite UWE-1.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object UWE-1.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2025-03-02 12:52:39 0.0001339755 558.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-02-15 22:29:55 0.0001523724 645.0 (m) DEBRIS
PSLV DEB SSO 2024-12-14 18:49:17 0.0003012957 544.0 (m) DEBRIS
PSLV R/B SSO 2024-08-09 16:57:39 0.0001097823 547.0 (m) ROCKET BODY
CZ-6A DEB SSO 2024-06-13 22:04:38 0.0002448722 81.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Civilian surveillance satellite.

UWE-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1
Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 27, 2005, 6:52 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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