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OPS 8464 (TRANSIT 5B-7), 1514

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPS 8464 (TRANSIT 5B-7), 1514 is a payload satellite owned by USN BuWeps (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 13 Aug 1965 UTC via a THOR ABLESTAR launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

1514, 1965-065F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

21 hours ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

NAFI

Mission

Defense Navigation

Bus & Motor

TRANSIT 5, Unknown motor

Mass

~54 kg wet, ~54 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1965-08-13 (60 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR ABLESTAR

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Oct Cyl + 4 Pan + 1 Rod, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

7.565 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 OPS 8464 (TRANSIT 5B-7)
1 01514U 65065F   25114.76400483  .00000161  00000-0  29801-3 0  9999
2 01514  89.9709 228.5740 0068434 258.8546 256.1688 13.35287633905423

Epoch: 2025-04-24T18:20Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-24T18:20:10.017Z)

Latitude

25.76548°

Longitude

-79.51247°

Altitude

1,142.659 km

Speed

7.278 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 14m 14s

True Declination

25° 38' 17"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

15.11524°

Longitude

100.50683°

Altitude

1,153.549 km

Speed

7.266 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 23m 09s

Apparent Declination

-11° 59' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:27:58

Azimuth

293.451° NW

Elevation

-42.442°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,175.296 km

Perigee altitude

1,072.616 km

Semi-major axis

7,502.093 km

Eccentricity

0.0068434

Inclination

89.9709°

RAAN

228.574°

Arg. of periapsis

258.8546°

True anomaly

255.40892°

Mean anomaly

256.1688°

Eccentric anomaly

255.7887°

Mean motion

3.34018 °/min

BSTAR

0.00029801

Orbital period

107.78 mins

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 1965 (1965-08-13 UTC)

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 1504

THOR ABLESTAR R/B, 1508

DODECAPOLE 2, 1510

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 1511

TEMPSAT 1, 1512

NAVSPASUR ROD 1, 1515

CALSPHERE 4(A), 1520

PORCUPINE 2, 1577

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 1521

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 1522

OPS 8464 DEB *, 2335 (Decayed)

TRANSIT 5B-7 DEB, 3809 (Decayed)

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 3810

THOR ABLESTAR DEB, 5265

OPS 8464 (TRANSIT 5B-7) 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.
13 mins	2025-04-25 19:19:53.670Z	11.624° NNE	2025-04-25 19:26:53.670Z	97.416° ESE	38.88°	2025-04-25 19:32:53.670Z	163.477° S
9 mins	2025-04-25 21:09:53.670Z	327.765° NNW	2025-04-25 21:13:53.670Z	283.865° WNW	23.651°	2025-04-25 21:18:53.670Z	235.111° WSW
12 mins	2025-04-26 07:25:53.670Z	158.42° S	2025-04-26 07:31:53.670Z	74.04° E	41.138°	2025-04-26 07:37:53.670Z	6.357° NNE
9 mins	2025-04-26 09:15:53.670Z	240.534° WSW	2025-04-26 09:19:53.670Z	282.123° WNW	21.448°	2025-04-26 09:24:53.670Z	329.007° NNW

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