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BOTAN, 65943

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BOTAN, 65943 is a payload satellite owned by Chiba kogyu (JP) in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

65943, 1998-067XQ

Orbit

LEO

Country

JP / JPN

Related business

Chiba University (JP)

Manufacturer

Chiba kogyu

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1998-11-20 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m²

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Last TLE update: 16 hours ago

TLE from 16 hours ago

0 BOTAN
1 65943U 98067XQ  26083.97921841  .00290749  00000-0  10167-2 0  9995
2 65943  51.6221 337.6773 0005756 181.5007 178.5981 15.87935551 25923

Epoch: 2026-03-24T23:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-24T23:30:04.470Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

162.70952°

Altitude

312.67 km

Speed

7.72 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 30m 42s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

20:32:26

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

312.44 km

Perigee altitude

304.742 km

Semi-major axis

6,686.728 km

Eccentricity

0.00058

Inclination

51.6221°

RAAN

337.6773°

Arg. of periapsis

181.5007°

True anomaly

178.59971°

Mean anomaly

178.5981°

Eccentric anomaly

178.59891°

Mean motion

3.96938 °/min

Orbital period

90.69 mins

BSTAR

0.0010167

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

ITF-2, 41932 (Decayed)

DEMI, 45916 (Decayed)

AAUSAT 5, 40948 (Decayed)

CAPSAT 1, 53770 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (VSSA), 31927 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1-4, 39515 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 30427 (Decayed)

ALTAIR PATHFINDER, 42711 (Decayed)

FLOCK 2EP 15, 41764 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 32302 (Decayed)

BOBCAT-1, 46922 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 26572 (Decayed)

ISS DEB, 35639 (Decayed)

RWASAT-1, 44790 (Decayed)

ISS DEB (FGBVALVEPANEL), 48833 (Decayed)

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2026-03-25 19:18:30.959Z	209.221° SW	2026-03-25 19:20:30.959Z	160.282° S	31.722°	2026-03-25 19:22:30.959Z	73.351° E

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BOTAN, 65943

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 16 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-24T23:30:04.470Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 UTC)

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