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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

1459, 1965-058B

Orbit

HEO

Last TLE update

4 weeks ago

Origin

United States Space Force (US)

Manufacturer

TRW

Mission

Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

VELA, BE-3A

Mass

~224 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 4 weeks ago

0 OPS 6564 (VELA 6)
1 01459U 65058B   25156.91106827 -.00001638  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 01459  41.1385  10.7885 4789719  77.3100 359.1419  0.21394714  8455

Epoch: 2025-06-05T21:51Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-05T21:51:56.298Z)

Latitude

39.7997°

Longitude

-139.14083°

Altitude

54,281.424 km

Speed

3.125 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 33m 39s

True Declination

39° 46' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-34.67211°

Longitude

20.17158°

Altitude

160,794.543 km

Speed

1.18 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 16m 59s

Apparent Declination

-36° 27' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:05:00

Azimuth

143.281° SSE

Elevation

1.8°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

168,267.772 km

Perigee altitude

55,147.999 km

Semi-major axis

118,086.023 km

Eccentricity

0.47897

Inclination

41.1385°

RAAN

10.7885°

Arg. of periapsis

77.31°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

359.1419°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.05349 °/min

Orbital period

6,730.65 mins

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

OPS 6577 (VELA 5), 1458

ERS 17, 1460 (Decayed)

ATLAS AGENA D R/B, 2428 (Decayed)

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.
144 mins	2025-07-01 03:29:02.002Z	164.077° S	2025-07-01 04:42:02.002Z	177.615° S	11.377°	2025-07-01 05:53:02.002Z	190.674° SSW

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Check out OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on other resources

View OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

View OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on Heavens-Above

View OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on Keep Track

View OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on Celestrak

View OPS 6564 (VELA 6), 1459 on Gunter's Space Page

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