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NORAD 4221

AZUR (GRS A)

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 93 minutes, on an orbit tilted 102.7° from the equator, between 33,379,835,571,925 and 160,392,703,370,867 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About AZUR (GRS A)

AZUR (GRS A) is a satellite from Germany, launched on Nov 8, 1969 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 93 minutes (15.5 times a day), between 306 and 546 km up, on an orbit tilted 102.7° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 77° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Azur · first German scientific satellite

Mass
72 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 10 days its lowest point went from 306 km to 306 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

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From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.