ARIANE 42P DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ARIANE 42P DEB at a glance.

Uptime

12021

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

66.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ARIANE 42P DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: ARIANE 42P DEB

International designator: 1992-052E

Object number (NORAD): 44507

Object ID (CCSDS): 44507

Country: FRANCE (FR)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 111.836 minutes

Inclination: 66.0071 deg

SMA: 7689.215 km

Apoapsis: 1413.223 km

Periapsis: 1208.936 km

RAAN: 238.4225 deg

Eccentricy: 0.013284

Argument of periapsis: 93.6828 deg

Mean anomaly: 267.9392 deg

Mean motion: 12.87596424 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001901 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0074697 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 5:13 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ARIANE 42P DEB

TLE line 1: 1 44507U 92052E 25188.21740139 .00001901 00000-0 74697-2 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 44507 66.0071 238.4225 0132840 93.6828 267.9392 12.87596424276452

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ARIANE 42P DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ARIANE 42P DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1800 LEO 2025-02-06 19:20:45 0.0005938089 362.0 (m) PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

The TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite was launched on 10 August 1992 with the objective of "observing and understanding the ocean circulation". A joint project between NASA, the U.S. space agency, and CNES, the French space agency, it carries two radar altimeters and precise orbit determination systems, including the DORIS system. KITSAT-1 (Korean Institute of Technology Satellite) was a collaborative research mission, encompassing the installation of a groundstation in South Korea, participation of Korean engineers in the UoSAT-5 mission, technology transfer and training of students on the MSc courses at Surrey, and the involvement in a engineering and flight microsatellites. The S80/T satellite was built for CNES by Matra Marconi Space using the Surrey Satellite Technology Microbus (Uosat) bus.

ARIANE 42P DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 42P | Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat 1 & S80/T’, on board a Ariane 42P space rocket.

The launch took place on Aug. 10, 1992, 11:08 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 2.

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Launch to space Ariane 42P | Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat 1 & S80/T
Ariane 42P | Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat 1 & S80/T

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Aug. 10, 1992, 11:08 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 42P

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 2

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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