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OPS 6577 (VELA 5), 1458

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 6577 (VELA 5), 1458 is a payload satellite owned by USAF SSD (US) in HEO that was launched on Tue, 20 Jul 1965 UTC via an ATLAS AGENA D 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

1458, 1965-058A

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

VELA, BE-3A

Mass

~234 kg wet, 132 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1965-07-20 (60 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS AGENA D

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Poly, 1.4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.240 m²

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 OPS 6577 (VELA 5)
1  1458U 65058A   25127.59188065 -.00000752  00000-0  00000+0 0  9995
2  1458  25.0562  20.6957 4930082 302.2185 358.4213  0.21313765 85328

Epoch: 2025-05-07T14:12Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T14:12:18.488Z)

Latitude

-22.39474°

Longitude

-119.66881°

Altitude

54,866.072 km

Speed

3.107 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 16m 19s

True Declination

-22° 22' 50"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

24.76639°

Longitude

42.19334°

Altitude

156,758.887 km

Speed

1.233 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 56m 11s

Apparent Declination

23° 28' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:53:41

Azimuth

288.055° WNW

Elevation

15.262°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

170,371.705 km

Perigee altitude

53,642.11 km

Semi-major axis

118,385.044 km

Eccentricity

0.4930082

Inclination

25.0562°

RAAN

20.6957°

Arg. of periapsis

302.2185°

True anomaly

354.66156°

Mean anomaly

358.4213°

Eccentric anomaly

356.88763°

Mean motion

0.05328 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

6756.23 mins

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Other satellites on launch #58 in the year 1965 (1965-07-20 UTC)

OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459

ERS 17, 1460 (Decayed)

ATLAS AGENA D R/B, 2428 (Decayed)

OPS 6577 (VELA 5) Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
31 mins	2025-05-09 05:44:58.230Z	288.051° WNW	2025-05-09 05:44:58.230Z	288.051° WNW	14.746°	2025-05-09 06:15:58.230Z	291.973° WNW
643 mins	2025-05-09 19:01:58.230Z	71.402° E	2025-05-10 01:43:58.230Z	179.232° S	43.119°	2025-05-10 05:44:58.230Z	262.324° W

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Check out OPS 6577 (VELA 5), 1458 on other resources

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