OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459
Orbit data source: Space-Track
OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
TRW
Mission
Spacecraft
Bus & Motor
VELA, BE-3A
Mass
~224 kg wet, 132 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
POLY, 0.7 m
Radar Cross Section
Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)
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TLE from 4 months ago
0 OPS 6564 (VELA 6)
1 01459U 65058B 26091.58132292 -.00001013 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
2 01459 41.4000 2.0993 4843830 90.5920 359.7322 0.21385678 9086Epoch: 2026-04-01T13:57Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-01T13:57:06.300Z)
Latitude
41.48609°
Longitude
54.77644°
Altitude
55,823.334 km
Speed
3.073 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 15m 58s
True Declination
41° 27' 60"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
05:06:29
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
168,956.116 km
Perigee altitude
54,526.173 km
Semi-major axis
118,119.281 km
Eccentricity
0.48438
Inclination
41.4°
RAAN
2.0993°
Arg. of periapsis
90.592°
True anomaly
359.11879°
Mean anomaly
359.7322°
Eccentric anomaly
359.48063°
Mean motion
0.05346 °/min
Orbital period
6,733.49 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #58 in the year 1965 (1965-07-20 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.OPS 6564 (VELA 6) 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. |
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| 702 mins | 2026-07-27 15:45:36.531Z | 80.333° E | 2026-07-27 19:54:36.531Z | 140.233° SSE | 41.499° | 2026-07-28 03:27:36.531Z | 244.428° WSW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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