Key statistics
Satellite ARIANE 42P DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12020
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.9
Latest
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: 1992-052K
Object number (NORAD): 44512
Object ID (CCSDS): 44512
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 111.99 minutes
Inclination: 65.9162 deg
SMA: 7696.267 km
Apoapsis: 1506.296 km
Periapsis: 1129.968 km
RAAN: 233.0328 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0244487
Argument of periapsis: 114.8056 deg
Mean anomaly: 247.8604 deg
Mean motion: 12.85827104 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001514 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0056141 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, 12:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ARIANE 42P DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44512U 92052K 25188.50699515 .00001514 00000-0 56141-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 44512 65.9162 233.0328 0244487 114.8056 247.8604 12.85827104276040
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ARIANE 42P DEB.
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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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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