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LES 1, 1002

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LES 1, 1002 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 11 Feb 1965 UTC via a TITAN IIIA launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

1002, 1965-008C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

22 hours ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

MIT-LL

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

LES, STAR 13A

Mass

158 kg wet, 31 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1965-02-11 (60 years ago)

Launch vehicle

TITAN IIIA

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.411 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 22 hours ago

0 LES 1
1 01002U 65008C   25128.42857052  .00000008  00000-0 -42175-4 0  9995
2 01002  32.1453 283.5687 0015590 252.4908 107.3885  9.88354664176146

Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:17:08.492Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-97.21593°

Altitude

2,797.031 km

Speed

6.592 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 54m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

8.08239°

Longitude

-86.3766°

Altitude

2,799.09 km

Speed

6.59 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 46m 19s

Apparent Declination

-21° 55' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:22:22

Azimuth

112.507° SE

Elevation

-7.358°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

2,810.849 km

Perigee altitude

2,782.242 km

Semi-major axis

9,174.683 km

Eccentricity

0.001559

Inclination

32.1453°

RAAN

283.5687°

Arg. of periapsis

252.4908°

True anomaly

107.55888°

Mean anomaly

107.3885°

Eccentric anomaly

107.4737°

Mean motion

2.46977 °/min

BSTAR

-0.000042175

Orbital period

145.76 mins

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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 1965 (1965-02-11 UTC)

TITAN 3A TRANSTAGE R/B, 1001

TITAN 3A DEB (TRUSS), 1000

LES 1 Visibility forecast

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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.
15 mins	2025-05-09 10:36:15.230Z	167.418° S	2025-05-09 10:43:15.230Z	139.59° SSE	15.657°	2025-05-09 10:51:15.230Z	107.649° ESE
27 mins	2025-05-09 13:07:15.230Z	216.275° SW	2025-05-09 13:20:15.230Z	151.568° SSE	35.064°	2025-05-09 13:34:15.230Z	88.406° E
30 mins	2025-05-09 15:43:15.230Z	250.665° W	2025-05-09 15:57:15.230Z	178.672° S	42.14°	2025-05-09 16:13:15.230Z	98.07° ESE
29 mins	2025-05-09 18:21:15.230Z	268.549° W	2025-05-09 18:35:15.230Z	198.12° SSW	39.664°	2025-05-09 18:50:15.230Z	125.323° SE
23 mins	2025-05-09 21:01:15.230Z	263.747° W	2025-05-09 21:12:15.230Z	215.224° SW	25.211°	2025-05-09 21:24:15.230Z	164.734° S

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